SOLUTION: Determining null and alternative hypotheses A presidential candidate claims that the proportion of college students who are registered to vote in the upcoming election is at least

Question 193546: Determining null and alternative hypotheses
A presidential candidate claims that the proportion of college students who are registered to vote in the upcoming election is at least 63%. Suppose that we want to sample a number of college students and carry out a hypothesis test to see if this claim may be refuted. State the null hypothesis Ho and the alternative hypothesis H1 that we would use for this test.
Ho:
H1:

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Determining null and alternative hypotheses
A presidential candidate claims that the proportion of college students who are registered to vote in the upcoming election is at least 63%. Suppose that we want to sample a number of college students and carry out a hypothesis test to see if this claim may be refuted. State the null hypothesis Ho and the alternative hypothesis H1 that we would use for this test.
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Ho: p >= 0.63
H1: p < 0.63
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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