The germination rate is the rate at which plants begin to grow after the seed is planted.
A seed company claims that the germination rate for their seeds is 90 percent. Concerned that the germination rate is actually less than 90 percent, a botanist obtained a random sample of 15 seeds, of which only 7 seeds germinated.
(a) Is there convincing evidence that the germination rate is less than 90%?

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Answer:

[tex]z=\frac{0.467 -0.9}{\sqrt{\frac{0.9(1-0.9)}{15}}}=-5.59[/tex]  

[tex]p_v =P(z<-5.59)=1.13x10^{-8}[/tex]  

So the p value obtained was a very low value and using the significance level given [tex]\alpha=0.05[/tex] we have [tex]p_v<\alpha[/tex] so we can conclude that we have enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis, and we can said that at 5% of significance the proportion of germinated seeds is significantly lower than 0.9 or 90%

Step-by-step explanation:

Data given and notation

n=15 represent the random sample taken

X=7 represent the number of seeds germinated

[tex]\hat p=\frac{7}{15}=0.467[/tex] estimated proportion of seeds germinated

[tex]p_o=0.9[/tex] is the value that we want to test

[tex]\alpha[/tex] represent the significance level

z would represent the statistic (variable of interest)

[tex]p_v[/tex] represent the p value (variable of interest)  

Concepts and formulas to use  

We need to conduct a hypothesis in order to test the claim that the true proportion of germinated seeds is less than 0.9 or 90%.:  

Null hypothesis:[tex]p\geq 0.9[/tex]  

Alternative hypothesis:[tex]p < 0.9[/tex]  

When we conduct a proportion test we need to use the z statisitc, and the is given by:  

[tex]z=\frac{\hat p -p_o}{\sqrt{\frac{p_o (1-p_o)}{n}}}[/tex] (1)  

The One-Sample Proportion Test is used to assess whether a population proportion [tex]\hat p[/tex] is significantly different from a hypothesized value [tex]p_o[/tex].

Calculate the statistic  

Since we have all the info requires we can replace in formula (1) like this:  

[tex]z=\frac{0.467 -0.9}{\sqrt{\frac{0.9(1-0.9)}{15}}}=-5.59[/tex]  

Statistical decision  

It's important to refresh the p value method or p value approach . "This method is about determining "likely" or "unlikely" by determining the probability assuming the null hypothesis were true of observing a more extreme test statistic in the direction of the alternative hypothesis than the one observed". Or in other words is just a method to have an statistical decision to fail to reject or reject the null hypothesis.  

The significance level assumed is [tex]\alpha=0.05[/tex]. The next step would be calculate the p value for this test.  

Since is a left tailed test the p value would be:  

[tex]p_v =P(z<-5.59)=1.13x10^{-8}[/tex]  

So the p value obtained was a very low value and using the significance level given [tex]\alpha=0.05[/tex] we have [tex]p_v<\alpha[/tex] so we can conclude that we have enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis, and we can said that at 5% of significance the proportion of germinated seeds is significantly lower than 0.9 or 90%

It can be said that at 5% of significance the proportion of germinated seeds is significantly lower than 0.9 or 90%.

Given :

  • A seed company claims that the germination rate for their seeds is 90 percent.
  • Random sample space of seeds (n) = 15
  • Number of  seeds germinated (X) = 7

The germination rate of seeds:

([tex]\hat{p}[/tex]) = [tex]\frac{7}{15}=0.467[/tex]

To test the claim that the true proportion of germinated seeds is less than 0.9 or 90%:

Null hypothesis: [tex]p\geq 0.9[/tex]

Alternative hypothesis: [tex]p&lt;0.9[/tex]

To conduct a one-sample proportion z-test,

[tex]z=\frac{\hat{p}-p_{0} }\sqrt{ {\frac{p_{0}(1-p_{0} }{n} } }[/tex]

[tex]z=\sqrt{\frac{0.467-0.9}{\frac{0.9(1-0.9)}{15} } } \\z=-5.59[/tex]

The significance level assumed is [tex]a=5[/tex].

[tex]p_{v} =P(z&lt;-5.59)=3\times 10^{-8}[/tex]

So the p-value obtained was a very low value. Therefore, we can said that at 5% of significance the proportion of germinated seeds is significantly lower than 0.9 or 90%.

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