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A publisher reports that 54 % of their readers own a laptop. A marketing executive wants to test the claim that the percentage is actually over the reported percentage. A random sample of 240 found that 59 % of the readers owned a laptop. Is there sufficient evidence at the 0.05 level to support the executive's claim?

Name: A publisher reports that 54 % of their readers own a laptop. A marketing executive wants to test the claim that the percentage is actually over the reported percentage. A random sample of 240 found that 59 % of the readers owned a laptop. Is there sufficient evidence at the 0.05 level to support the executive's claim?
Uploaded: 2023-08-31T12:00:38-08:00
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Description: A publisher reports that 54 % of their readers own a laptop. A marketing executive wants to test the claim that the percentage is actually over the reported percentage. A random sample of 240 found that 59 % of the readers owned a laptop. Is there sufficient evidence at the 0.05 level to support the executive's claim?

          A publisher reports that 54 % of their readers own a laptop. A marketing executive wants to test the claim that the percentage is actually over the reported percentage. A random sample of 240 found that 59 % of the readers owned a laptop. Is there sufficient evidence at the 0.05 level to support the executive's claim?

A publisher reports that 54 % of their readers own a laptop. A marketing executive wants to test the claim that the percentage is actually over the reported percentage. A random sample of 240 found that 59 % of the readers owned a laptop. Is there sufficient evidence at the 0.05 level to support the executive's claim?

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Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

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08/31/2023

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State the null and alternative hypotheses: - Null hypothesis (H0): The true percentage of readers who own a laptop is equal to 54%. - Alternative hypothesis (Ha): The true percentage of readers who own a laptop is greater than 54%. Show more…

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A marketing executive wants to test the claim that the percentage publisher reports that 54% of their readers own a laptop. They took a sufficient random sample of 240 and found that 59% of the readers actually own a laptop. Is there enough evidence at the 0.05 level to support the executive's claim?