1. HAVE MOST PEOPLE USED ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN AUSTRA

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HAVE MOST PEOPLE USED ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN AUSTRALIA
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Introduction
The moment people become sick or when in pain, the possible remedies they use are either
alternative medicine or conventional medicine or combining the two. Examples of alternative
medicine comprise acupuncture, herbal medicine and homeopathy (Macdonald & Gavura, 2016).
Moreover, the major concern for patients is to get best treatments as possible and thus would
prefer seeking assistance from healthcare professionals like pharmacists or seek advice from
other sources like family, friends or the internet. Therefore, due to various needs of patients, it is
notable that having various options for treatment would be more beneficial in promoting
wellbeing (Banaszkiewicz, 2014). Moreover, this research is concerned with the statistical test
whether or not the use of alternative medicine is also common in Australia.
Furthermore, it is more potent to provide patients with best medical care to save lives as well as
promoting customers end-to-end experience. In addition, hospitals are often striving for holistic
patients care and majorly depend on conventional medicine in serving patients’ needs
(Hefermehl, 2014). Although conventional medicine is highly regarded among patients, interest
in alternative medicine may also be significant. The data was collected by Pew Research Center
where during the period from May 10, 2016 to June 6, 2016. Additionally, the data was obtained
from a random sample of adults that was representative of Australian Population. The sample
includes 1,549 adults who responded to questions about alternative medicine and other aspects of
health. In addition, analysis has been done using proportion (option 1) method.
Sample proportion = 726/1549 = 0.4687

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Table 1: Showing Samples
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Hypothesis and Null
Hypothesis
According to statistics,
hypothesis is the concept of
incorporating assumption in a population parameter (Kruschke & Liddell, 2018). On the other
hand, null hypothesis is a statistical hypothetical concept that that tends to propose in a set of
observations that significance does not exist.
By assuming the claim is that 50 % of Australian Adults have never used alternative medicine
before. Then there are two possible outcomes: People have either tried alternative medicine or
they have not. Therefore, testing this claim would be way to help understand how common
alternative medicine is among Australians.
In this case the claim is also the null hypothesis H0: p = 0.5
The null hypothesis is that the proportion of adults that have never used alternative medicine is
0.5.
Testing H1: p ≠ 0.5
The alternative hypothesis is that the proportion of adults in Australia that have never used
alternative medicine before is not equal to 0.5
Hence H1: p ≠ 0.5