8-3 p394 n19
Original claim: less than one third of all adults never drink
p < 0.333
The Null Hypothesis
H0: p = 0.333
The Alternate Hypothesis
H1: p < 0.333
A sample of n = 976 has 975 degrees of freedom.
For a left tailed test and a level of significance, α = 0.05
zcritical = -1.645
Data:
p^= 0.3197
ztest = (0.3197 - 0.333) ⁄ √0.333×0.667 ⁄ 976 = -0.882
Because -0.882 is NOT in the Critical Region, we Fail to Reject the Null Hypothesis and the statistical analysis of the data can NOT support the original claim.
Conclusion:
There is NOT sufficient sample evidence to support the claim that less than one third of all adults never drink