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11. Research conducted a few years ago showed that 35% of Temple students had travelled outside...

11. Research conducted a few years ago showed that 35% of Temple students had travelled outside the US (conventional wisdom). Temple has recently implemented a new study abroad program and results of a new survey show that out of the 100 randomly sampled students 42 have travelled abroad. Conduct a two-tailed hypothesis test against the conventional wisdom with α = .10. Then, confirm your answer by constructing a 90% confidence interval

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