Gregor Mendel has been called the father of genetics having

Gregor Mendel has been called the father of genetics, having formulated laws of inheritance even before the function of DNA was discovered. In one famous experiment with peas, he crossed pure breeds of plants producing smooth peas and plants producing wrinkled peas. The first-generation peas were all smooth. In the second generation (F2), he obtained 5474 smooth peas and 1850 wrinkled peas. Do these data agree with the conclusion of 75% dominant trait (in this case smooth) occurrence in F2? 1. Which hypotheses do we wish to test? a. H 0 : p = 0.75 vs. Ha : p < 0.75 b. H 0 : p = 0.75 vs. Ha : p > 0.75 c. H 0 : p = 0.5 vs. Ha : p = 0.75 d. H 0 : p = 0.75 vs. Ha : p 0.75 2. Are the conditions for inference met? a. Yes. The distribution of the population is Normal. b. No. The 7,324 are not an SRS from the population. c. Yes. The 7,324 peas can be viewed as an SRS. The expected counts np0 and n(1 p0) are both large enough to proceed d. No. The population isn\'t much larger than the sample. 3. Give the value of the z statistic.

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