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Ann has taken a multiple-choice exam consisting of 25 questions. Each question has 5 choices of...

Ann has taken a multiple-choice exam consisting of 25 questions. Each question has 5 choices of which only one is the correct answer. Ann has correctly answered 9 questions. We would like to test if Ann is doing better than randomly guessing the answer to each question.

  1. Define the parameter to be tested.
  2. State the alternative hypothesis.                                                                         _____________
  3. Compute the test statistic.                                                                                   _____________
  4. Compute the p-value.                                                                                            ____________

  1. At the 1% level of significance, state your conclusion.

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