A skeptical paranormal researcher claims that the proportion

A skeptical paranormal researcher claims that the proportion of Americans that have seen a UFO, p, is less than 2 in every ten thousand. Assuming that a hypothesis test of the claim has been conducted and that the conclusion is failure to reject the null hypothesis, state the conclusion in nontechnical terms. A) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is less than 2 in ten thousand. B) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is less than 2 in ten thousand. C) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is greater than 2 in ten thousand. D) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is greater than 2 in ten thousand.

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Solution

Here Zcal>Ztab, so we reject null hypothesis. Therefore, there is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is less than 2 in ten thousand.