an education researcher claims that 54% of college students work year round. in a random sample...

an education researcher claims that 54% of college students work year round. in a random sample of 200 college students 108 say they work year round at alpha =0.10, is there enough evidence to reject the reseachers claim

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= 108/200 = 0.54

The test statistic is

P-value = 2 * P(Z < 0)

= 2 * 0.5

= 1.000

Since the P-value is greater than = 0.10, so we should not reject the null hypothesis.

No, there is not sufficient evidence to reject the researcher's claim.

orchestra answered 1 year ago

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