1. **Problem Statement:** We want to test if the insurance company is guilty of false advertising. The company claims that 90% ($p_0=0.9$) of claims are settled within 30 days. A sample of 104 claims shows 89 settled within 30 days. We test if the true proportion $p$ is less than 0.9.
2. **Hypotheses:**
- Null hypothesis $H_0: p = 0.9$
- Alternative hypothesis $H_a: p < 0.9$ (claiming company is exaggerating)
3. **Test statistic formula:**
$$z = \frac{\hat{p} - p_0}{\sqrt{\frac{p_0(1-p_0)}{n}}}$$
where $\hat{p}$ is sample proportion, $p_0$ is claimed proportion, and $n$ is sample size.
4. **Calculate sample proportion:**
$$\hat{p} = \frac{89}{104} \approx 0.8558$$
5. **Calculate standard error:**
$$SE = \sqrt{\frac{0.9 \times (1-0.9)}{104}} = \sqrt{\frac{0.9 \times 0.1}{104}} = \sqrt{\frac{0.09}{104}} \approx 0.0294$$
6. **Calculate z-score:**
$$z = \frac{0.8558 - 0.9}{0.0294} = \frac{\cancel{0.8558} - \cancel{0.9}}{\cancel{0.0294}} = \frac{-0.0442}{0.0294} \approx -1.50$$
7. **Interpretation:**
Using standard normal tables, $z = -1.50$ corresponds to a p-value about 0.067.
8. **Conclusion:**
At common significance level $\alpha=0.05$, p-value $0.067 > 0.05$, so we do not reject $H_0$. There is not enough evidence to say the company is guilty of false advertising.
**Final answer:** The data does not provide sufficient evidence to conclude the company falsely advertises their claim settlement rate within 30 days.
Proportion Z Test C8F5B2
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