Question: Suppose that a two-sided test for a proportion resulted in a p-value of .07.
a. Using the usual a = .05 criterion for hypothesis testing, would we conclude that the population proportion was different from the null hypothesis value? Explain.
b. Suppose that the test had been constructed as a one sided test instead and that the sample proportion was in the direction to support the alternative hypothesis. Using the usual a = .05 criterion for hypothesis testing, would we be able to decide in favor of the alternative hypothesis? Explain.