A Survey of the Wine Market Has Shown That the Preferred

question 60

Multiple Choice

A survey of the wine market has shown that the preferred wine for 17% of those surveyed is merlot. A merlot wine producer believes the figure is higher. A random sample of 550 adults was asked which wine they preferred. Suppose 115 replied that merlot was their wine preference.
-How much evidence do we have to reject the null hypothesis in favour of the alternative hypothesis that merlot is preferred more than the survey's 17% result?

• A)No evidence
• B)Some evidence
• C)Strong evidence
• D)Very strong evidence
• E)Extremely strong evidence

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