Accroding to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 75% of American adults use the Internet (Pew Internet website, April 19, XXXXXXXXXXThe Pew project authors also reported on the percentage of...


Accroding to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 75% of American adults use the Internet (Pew Internet website, April 19, 2008). The Pew project authors also reported on the percentage of Americans who use the Internet by age group. The data in the file AgeGroup are consistent with their findings. These data were obtained from a sample of 100 Internet users in the 30-49 age group and 200 Internet users in the 50-64 age group. A Yes indicates the survey respondent had used the Internet; a No indicates the survey respondent had not.



a. Formulate hypotheses that could be used to determine whether the percentage of Internet users in the two age groups differs from the overall average of 75%.

















H0:

p
Selectgreater than .75greater than or equal to .75equal to .75less than or equal to .75less than .75not equal to .75Item 1

Ha:

p
Selectgreater than .75greater than or equal to .75equal to .75less than or equal to .75less than .75not equal to .75Item 2



b. Estimate the proportion of Internet users in the 30-49 age group. (to 2 decimals)


Does this proportion differ significantly from the overall proportion of .75? Use ? = .05
SelectYesNoItem 4



c. Estimate the proportion of Internet users in the 50-64 age group. (to 2 decimals)


Does this proportion differ significantly from the overall proportion of .75? Use ? = .05
SelectYesNoItem 6



d. Would you expect the proportion of users in the 18-29 age group to be larger or smaller than the proportion for the 30-49 age group? Support you conclusion with the results obtained in parts (b) and (c).

May 26, 2022
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