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In an article in the journal Health and Place, Hui and Bell found that among 2428 boys ages 7 to 12 years, 461 were overweight or obese. On the basis of this study, can we conclude that more than 15 percent of the boys ages 7 to 12 in the sampled population are obese or overweight? Let alpha=0.05. Conduct a hypothesis test by hand.

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          In an article in the journal Health and Place, Hui and Bell
found that among 2428 boys ages 7 to 12 years, 461 were overweight
or obese. On the basis of this study, can we conclude that more
than 15 percent of the boys ages 7 to 12 in the sampled population
are obese or overweight? Let alpha=0.05.  Conduct a hypothesis
test by hand.

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Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

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In an article in the journal Health and Place, Hui and Bell found that among 2428 boys ages 7 to 12 years, 461 were overweight or obese. On the basis of this study, can we conclude that more than 15 percent of the boys ages 7 to 12 in the sampled population are obese or overweight? Let alpha=0.05. Conduct a hypothesis test by hand.