Elementary Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Hypothesis Testing - 8-3 Testing a Claim About a Proportion - Beyond the Basics - Page 411: 35

Answer

The coin may favor heads.

Work Step by Step

We first find the value of z using a ti-84 calculator. To do this, press "Stat," and then select "1-PropZTest." Then, plug in $p_0=0.5$, $x=7$, and $n=8$. Then, select $\ne p_0$, and press enter. Doing this, we see that $z=2.12$. Using a table of z-scores, we find: $P=0.03$ $0.03\lt0.05$, hence we reject the hypothesis, which means that the coin may favor heads.
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