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According to the Federal Trade Commission report on consumer fraud and identity theft, 23% of all complaints between the years 2010-2019 were for identity theft. This year, Washington kept track of how many of its 1400 complaints were for identity theft. They want to know if this year's data provide enough evidence to show that Washington had a significantly lower proportion of identity theft than the 23% seen nationally in the last decade.
a) Which symbol do we use to describe the measurement about our sample? $\hat{p}$
Which of the following describes what this measurement tells us?
The percentage of 1400 randomly selected complaints filed with the FTC for Washington that are for identity theft.
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b) Which symbol do we use to measure the relevant information about the population? $p$
Which of the following describes what this measurement tells us?
Whether or not a randomly selected complaint filed with the FTC for Washington is for identity theft.
What is the value of this measurement about the population? 0.23
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