Presidential stature
In a race for U.S. president, is the taller candidate more likelyto win?
1.4.28 In the first election of the 20th century, TheodoreRoosevelt (178 cm) defeated Alton B. Parker (175 cm). There havebeen 27 additional elections since then, for a total of 28. Ofthese, 25 elections had only two major party candidates with onetaller than the other. In 19 of the 25 elections, the tallercandidate won.
a. Let ? = P(taller wins). State the research hypothesis in wordsand in symbols.
b. State the null and alternative hypotheses in words andsymbols.
c. Compute the appropriate p-value using an applet.
d. If you take the p-value at face value, what do you
conclude?
e. Are there reasons not to take the p-value at face value? Is yes,list them
