In General, Before an Academic Publisher Agrees to Publish a Book

question 34

Essay

In general, before an academic publisher agrees to publish a book, each manuscript is thoroughly reviewed by university lecturers. Suppose that Cengage Australia publishing company has recently received two manuscripts for statistics books. To help them decide which one to publish, both are sent to 50 professors of statistics who rate the manuscripts to judge which one is better. Suppose that 20 lecturers rate manuscript A as better and 30 rate manuscript B as better.
What is the p-value of this test, if we were testing that manuscript B is more highly rated than manuscript A?

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Definitions:

Species

A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

Peripheral Vision

The part of vision that occurs outside the very center of gaze, allowing humans to perceive objects and movement outside of the direct line of sight.

Cones

Photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that function best in bright light and enable color vision.

Blind Spot

An area in the visual field that lacks detection due to the absence of photoreceptor cells in the optic disc of the retina.