Consider the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 12

Multiple Choice

Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
Suppose that a report indicates that 28% of Canadians have experienced difficulty in making mortgage payments. Further suppose that a news organization randomly sampled 400 Canadians from 10 cities and found that 136 reported such difficulty. Does this indicate that the problem is more severe among these cities?
-The correct null and alternative hypotheses are

• A) H0 : p = 0.28 and HA : p > 0.28.
• B) H0 : p = 0.28 and HA : p < 0.28.
• C) H0 : p = 0.28 and HA : p ≠ 0.28.
• D) H0 : p ≠ 0.28 and HA : p = 0.28.
• E) H0 : p > 0.28 and HA : p = 0.28.

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Definitions:

News Account

A report or description of recent events or facts, provided by the media or a personal observation.

Outgroup Homogeneity Effect

The perception that members of an out-group are more similar to each other than they actually are, often contrasted with the in-group.

Out-Group Homogeneity Effect

The Out-Group Homogeneity Effect is a psychological phenomenon where individuals perceive members of an out-group as more similar to each other than they are to members of their in-group.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency for observers to overestimate personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while underestimating situational explanations.