A Sociologist Believes That the Proportion of Single Men Who $\mathrm { H } _ { 0 } : \mathrm { pmen } ^ { = } \mathrm { p } _ { \text {women } }$

question 58

Essay

A sociologist believes that the proportion of single men who attend church on a regularbasis is less than the proportion of single women. She takes a random sample from eachpopulation and records the proportion from each that reported that they attended churchon a regular basis. The null hypothesis is $\mathrm { H } _ { 0 } : \mathrm { pmen } ^ { = } \mathrm { p } _ { \text {women } }$ . State the correct alternative hypothesis with a sentence and symbolically.