A Survey Claims That 9 of 10 Doctors Recommend Aspirin

question 18

Multiple Choice

A survey claims that 9 of 10 doctors recommend aspirin for their patients with headaches. To test this claim against the alternative, that the actual proportion of doctors who recommend aspirin is less than 0.90, a random sample of 100 doctors results in 83 who indicate that they recommend aspirin. What is the approximate value of the test statistic in this ?

• A) -2.33
• B) -1.86
• C) -1.67
• D) -0.14

Understand the principles of effective management of operations to reduce costs.

Identify the importance of decision consistency concerning cost relevance.

Analyze the strategic implications of capacity utilization, bottleneck management, and joint costs in operations.

Understand the financial implications of continuing or discontinuing products based on their variable costs and traceable fixed costs.

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