SOLUTION: In testing H0: p = .5 against H1: p > .5, 400 voters were surveyed and 216 reported they were in favor of the proposal to widen I-485. Find the value of the test statistic to deter

Question 1032347: In testing H0: p = .5 against H1: p > .5, 400 voters were surveyed and 216 reported they were in favor of the proposal to widen I-485. Find the value of the test statistic to determine if a majority of the voters are in favor of the proposal to widen I-485.
A. 1.6
B. -1.6
C. 0.8
D. -0.8
E. 0.04
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given Information
is the hypothesized population proportion
is the number of successes
is the sample size

Compute The Sample Proportion (p-hat)

Standard Error (SE)

Test Statistic

Final Answer: Choice A) 1.6
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