SOLUTION: Federal administration claims that unemployment level in US is 8.6% (population proportion = 0.086). A hypothesis test is to be performed to decide whether unemployment level

Question 880868: Federal administration claims that unemployment level in US is 8.6%
(population proportion = 0.086). A hypothesis test is to be performed
to decide whether unemployment level in NY State is different from the national level.
a) setup the null hypothesis
b) setup the alternative hypothesis
c) classify the hypothesis test as two-tailed, left-tailed or right-tailed
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ho: x = .086
Ha: x ≠ .086
c)two-tailed
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