A Phytologist Is Worried That a Large Proportion of the Algae

Multiple Choice

A phytologist is worried that a large proportion of the algae found in nearby water sources is cyanobacteria. In particular, he obtains a simple random sample of 50 algae from a local river and an independent simple random sample of 75 algae from the local coastline. He finds that 22 algae in the river sample and 66 algae in the coastline sample are cyanobacteria. He considers the river to act as a control group. Let p₁ and p₂ represent the proportion of cyanobacteria in riparian (i.e., river) and coastal populations, respectively. Is there evidence that the proportion of cyanobacteria is higher in coastal samples than in riparian samples? To determine this, you test the following hypotheses:
H₀:p₁ = p₂, H_a:p₁ < p₂
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Using technology, what is the P-value of your test?

A) Between 0.10 and 0.05
B) Between 0.05 and 0.01
C) Between 0.01 and 0.001
D) Less than 0.001