Complete Question
In the nation of Gondor, the EPA requires that half the new cars sold will meet a certain particulate emission standard a year later. A sample of 64 one-year-old cars revealed that only 24 met the particulate emission standard. The test statistic to see whether the proportion is below the requirement is:
A -1.645
B -2.066
C -2.000
D-1.960
Answer:
The correct option is C
Step-by-step explanation:
From the question we are told that
The population mean is [tex]p = 0.50[/tex]
The sample size is [tex]n = 64[/tex]
The number that met the standard is [tex]k = 24[/tex]
Generally the sample proportion is mathematically evaluated as
[tex]\r p = \frac{24}{64}[/tex]
[tex]\r p =0.375[/tex]
Generally the standard error is mathematically evaluated as
[tex]SE = \sqrt{ \frac{p(1- p )}{n} }[/tex]
=> [tex]SE = \sqrt{ \frac{0.5 (1- 0.5 )}{64} }[/tex]
=> [tex]SE = 0.06525[/tex]
The test statistics is evaluated as
[tex]t = \frac{ \r p - p }{SE}[/tex]
[tex]t = \frac{ 0.375 - 0.5 }{0.0625}[/tex]
[tex]t = -2[/tex]
