In each of the following situations is the alternative

Last updated: 12/11/2023

In each of the following situations is the alternative hypothesis one sided or two sided What are the hypotheses a A business student conducts a taste test to see whether students prefer Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi b PepsiCo recently reformulated their Diet Pepsi in an attempt to appeal to teenagers They run a taste test to see if the new formula appeals to more teenagers than the standard formula c A budget override in a small town requires a two thirds majority to pass A local newspaper conducts a poll to see if there s evidence it will pass d One financial theory states that the stock market will go up or down with equal probability A student collects data over several years to test the theory c is the part c alternative hypothesis one sided or two sided OTwo sided O One sided State the null and alternative hypotheses for the poll on the budget override Let p be the proportion of people who intend to vote for the override Fill in the correct symbols below Ho P HA P 2 3 d Is the part d alternative hypothesis one sided or two sided State the null and alternative hypotheses for the theory of fluctuations in the stock market Let p be the proportion of days that the market goes up Fill in the correct symbols below Ho P HA P OTwo sided O One sided 0 5 0 5