Question

the canadian industry reports that impaired driving accounts for 27% of fatal vehicle accidents involving canadian youth ages 15 to 19 , secondary only to speeding as the highest cause of fatal vehicular accidents for canadians aged 15 to 19 years of age. A recent inspection of n= 242 randomly chosen vehicle accidnets that involved a canadian between the ages of 15 and 19 years of age AND where a fatality occurred was taken. it was found that 62 of these fatal vehicle accidents were caused by distracted driving.

a) Does this data suggest that distracted driving is now the second leading cause of vehicular accidents? state the appropriate statistical hypothesis.

b) compute a test statistic

c) compute the p value and state a concluding statement

Answer 1