TABLE 12-13
According to an article in Marketing News, fewer checks are being written at grocery store checkout stands than in the past. To determine whether there is a difference in the proportion of shoppers who pay by check among three consecutive years at a 0.05 level of significance, the results of a survey of 500 shoppers in three consecutive years are obtained and presented below.

-Referring to Table 12-13, what is the form of the alternative hypothesis?

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TABLE 12-13
According to an article in Marketing News, fewer checks are being written at grocery store checkout stands than in the past. To determine whether there is a difference in the proportion of shoppers who pay by check among three consecutive years at a 0.05 level of significance, the results of a survey of 500 shoppers in three consecutive years are obtained and presented below.

-Referring to Table 12-13, what is the form of the alternative hypothesis?

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The alternative hypothesis in hypothesis testing often states that not all parameters are equal, indicating at least one difference among them.

TABLE 12-13 According to an Article in Marketing News, Fewer Checks Are