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One month before the election, a poll of 670 randomly selected
voters showed 348 planning to vote for a certain candidate. A week
later it became known that he had had an extramarital affair, and a
new poll showed only 450 out of 1020 voters supporting him. Is
there a significant decrease in voters support for his
candidacy?
a) Write appropriate hypotheses.
b) Test the hypotheses, find the P-value and state your conclusion.
Use α = 0.01.
c) Create a 98% confidence interval for the change in voters
opinion, and interpret your interval.
d) Comment on your interval in relation to your conclusion from
b).