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Historically, the percentage of U.S. residents who support stricter gun control laws has been 54%. A recent Gallup Poll of 1011 people showed 499 in favor of stricter gun control laws. Assume the poll was given to a random sample of people. Test the claim that the proportion of those favoring stricter gun control has fallen. Perform a hypothesis test, using a significance level of 1%.

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          Historically, the percentage of U.S. residents who support stricter gun control laws has been 54%. A recent Gallup Poll of 1011 people showed 499 in favor of stricter gun control laws. Assume the poll was given to a random sample of people. Test the claim that the proportion of those favoring stricter gun control has fallen. Perform a hypothesis test, using a significance level of 1%.

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Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

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For the first problem, we want to test the claim that the proportion of those favoring stricter gun control has fallen. We will perform a hypothesis test with a significance level of 1%. Null hypothesis (H0): p = 0.54 Alternative hypothesis (H1): p < 0.54 The Show more…

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Historically, the percentage of U.S. residents who support stricter gun control laws has been 54%. A recent Gallup Poll of 1011 people showed 499 in favor of stricter gun control laws. Assume the poll was given to a random sample of people. Test the claim that the proportion of those favoring stricter gun control has fallen. Perform a hypothesis test, using a significance level of 1%.