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a Statistical Analyst working for the Center for Disease Control. Your Boss is responsible for setting up "Ebola Screening" at airports. He must select an Ebola Screening Test Kit that will be used in the screening procedure.

A company that develops medical test kits contacted your boss. They provided the following information on the Ebola Screening Test Kit they have developed:

• Their Null Hypothesis is passenger doesn't test positive for Ebola; Alternative Hypothesis is passenger does test positive Ebola.

• The test has a "false positive" of 1 percent, and a "false negative" of 20 percent.

Your Boss must decide if he wants to use this kit. He remembers that he must figure out Type I and Type II errors, Power of the Test, etc. He doesn't remember the statistical details, and has asked you to evaluate the kit.


Your Assignment: Evaluate the kit based on the above information. Write up a report with the results for your boss. Here is the report format:

Ebola Test Kit Evaluation

Background and Purpose (Describe the background and purpose of this assignment)

Statistical Background (Describe the statistics you use in hypothesis testing and decision-making. See sections 6.3 and 6.4 of your book, as well as problem 6.109.)

Results and Conclusions (State the Null and Alternative Hypotheses, and what the significance level is. Include a diagram like Figure 6.20, compute the Type I and Type II errors, and the Power of the Test. For this problem, which error do you think is more important - Type I or Type II? Do you recommend that the kit should be selected?)