A Recent Survey Suggests 30% of Boat Owners Do Not

question 104

Multiple Choice

A recent survey suggests 30% of boat owners do not regularly use their boat after the second year of ownership.A local boat dealer wants to test the alternative hypothesis that p ≠ .30 with α = .05.He surveys 60 boat owners and finds 42% of the owners who have owned their boat for three years report they do not regularly use their boat.Assuming that p = .35, the probability of type II error is approximately ________.

• A)0.8542
• B)0.1458
• C)0.3577
• D)0.1423
• E)0.4965

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