A Company Claims That 9 Out of 10 Doctors (I $90 \%$

question 115

Multiple Choice

A company claims that 9 out of 10 doctors (i.e., $90 \%$ ) recommend its brand of cough syrup to their patients. To test this claim against the alternative that the actual proportion is less than $90 \%$ , a random sample of 100 doctors was chosen which resulted in 87 who indicate that they recommend this cough syrup. The test statistic in this problem is approximately:

• A) \(- 1.00\)
• B) \(- 0.50\)
• C) \(- 0.66\)
• D) \(1.00\)

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