A census bureau study of divorce rates reports that 68% of men who wed before age 22 were divorced within 20 years. The Institute of Family Relations decided to test the validity of this report by randomly selecting and reviewing 250 marriages where men wed before age 22. If 186 of these marriages ended in divorce within 20 years, can the Institute of Family Relations conclude that the census bureau's claim is incorrect at $\alpha = 5\%$?
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