Perfect pitch. A recent study of perfect pitch tested 2700 students in American music conservatories. It found that 7% of non-Asian and 32% of Asian students have perfect pitch. A test of the difference in proportions resulted in a P-value of
a) What are the researchers null and alternative hypotheses?
b) State your conclusion.
c) Explain in this context what the P-value means.
d) The researchers claimed that the data prove that genetic differences between the two populations cause a difference in the frequency of occurrence of perfect pitch. Do you agree? Why or why not?
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