# 9.3 Comparing two independent population proportions -- rrc math  (Page 3/20)

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## Try it

A concerned group of citizens wanted to know if the proportion of forcible rapes in Texas was different in 2011 than in 2010. Their research showed that of the 113,231 violent crimes in Texas in 2010, 7,622 of them were forcible rapes. In 2011, 7,439 of the 104,873 violent crimes were in the forcible rape category. Test at a 5% significance level. Answer the following questions:

a. Is this a test of two means or two proportions?

a. two proportions

b. Which distribution do you use to perform the test?

b. normal for two proportions

c. What is the random variable?

c. Subscripts: 1 = 2010, 2 = 2011
P 2 - P 2

d. What are the null and alternative hypothesis? Write the null and alternative hypothesis in symbols.

d. Subscripts: 1 = 2010, 2 = 2011
H 0 : p 1 = p 2 H 0 : p 1 p 2 = 0
H a : p 1 p 2 H a : p 1 p 2 ≠ 0

e. Is this test right-, left-, or two-tailed?

e. two-tailed

f. What is the p -value?

f. p -value = 0.00086

g. Do you reject or not reject the null hypothesis?

g. Reject the H 0 .

h. At the ___ level of significance, from the sample data, there ______ (is/is not) sufficient evidence to conclude that ____________.

h. At the 5% significance level, from the sample data, there is sufficient evidence to conclude that there is a difference between the proportion of forcible rapes in 2011 and 2010.

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## Chapter review

Test of two population proportions from independent samples.

• Random variable: ${\stackrel{^}{p}}_{A}–{\stackrel{^}{p}}_{B}=$ difference between the two estimated proportions
• Distribution: normal distribution

## Formula review

Pooled Proportion: p c =

Distribution for the differences:
${{p}^{\prime }}_{A}-{{p}^{\prime }}_{B}\sim N\left[0,\sqrt{{p}_{c}\left(1-{p}_{c}\right)\left(\frac{1}{{n}_{A}}+\frac{1}{{n}_{B}}\right)}\right]$

where the null hypothesis is H 0 : p A = p B  or  H 0 : p A p B = 0.

Test Statistic ( z -score): $z=\frac{\left({p}^{\prime }{}_{A}-{p}^{\prime }{}_{B}\right)}{\sqrt{{p}_{c}\left(1-{p}_{c}\right)\left(\frac{1}{{n}_{A}}+\frac{1}{{n}_{B}}\right)}}$

where the null hypothesis is H 0 : p A = p B  or  H 0 : p A p B = 0.

where

p′ A and p′ B are the sample proportions, p A and p B are the population proportions,

P c is the pooled proportion, and n A and n B are the sample sizes.

Use the following information for the next five exercises. Two types of phone operating system are being tested to determine if there is a difference in the proportions of system failures (crashes). Fifteen out of a random sample of 150 phones with OS 1 had system failures within the first eight hours of operation. Nine out of another random sample of 150 phones with OS 2 had system failures within the first eight hours of operation. OS 2 is believed to be more stable (have fewer crashes) than OS 1 .

Is this a test of means or proportions?

What is the random variable?

P OS1 P OS2 = difference in the proportions of phones that had system failures within the first eight hours of operation with OS 1 and OS 2 .

State the null and alternative hypotheses.

What is the p -value?

0.1018

What can you conclude about the two operating systems?

Use the following information to answer the next twelve exercises. In the recent Census, three percent of the U.S. population reported being of two or more races. However, the percent varies tremendously from state to state. Suppose that two random surveys are conducted. In the first random survey, out of 1,000 North Dakotans, only nine people reported being of two or more races. In the second random survey, out of 500 Nevadans, 17 people reported being of two or more races. Conduct a hypothesis test to determine if the population percents are the same for the two states or if the percent for Nevada is statistically higher than for North Dakota.

Is this a test of means or proportions?

proportions

State the null and alternative hypotheses.

1. H 0 : _________
2. H a : _________

Is this a right-tailed, left-tailed, or two-tailed test? How do you know?

right-tailed

What is the random variable of interest for this test?

In words, define the random variable for this test.

The random variable is the difference in proportions (percents) of the populations that are of two or more races in Nevada and North Dakota.

Which distribution (normal or Student's t ) would you use for this hypothesis test?

Explain why you chose the distribution you did for the Exercise 10.56 .

Our sample sizes are much greater than five each, so we use the normal for two proportions distribution for this hypothesis test.

Calculate the test statistic.

Sketch a graph of the situation. Mark the hypothesized difference and the sample difference. Shade the area corresponding to the p -value.

Check student’s solution.

Find the p -value.

At a pre-conceived α = 0.05, what is your:

1. Decision:
2. Reason for the decision:
3. Conclusion (write out in a complete sentence):

1. Reject the null hypothesis.
2. p -value<alpha
3. At the 5% significance level, there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportion (percent) of the population that is of two or more races in Nevada is statistically higher than that in North Dakota.

Does it appear that the proportion of Nevadans who are two or more races is higher than the proportion of North Dakotans? Why or why not?

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