A Market Research Company Claims That 25% of All Customers

question 46

Multiple Choice

A market research company claims that 25% of all customers to a department store visit the shoe department. Suppose a department store conducts its own survey and finds that 79 out of 384 customers visit the shoe department.
-Set up the appropriate hypotheses to test whether the claim made by the market research company is true.

• A)H₀: p ≤ .210 vs H_A: p > .210
• B)H₀: p ≥ .250 vs H_A: p < .250
• C)H₀: p ≤ .250 vs H_A: p > .250
• D)H₀: p = .250 vs H_A: p ≠ .250
• E)H₀: p ≠ .250 vs H_A: p = .250

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