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Question 287753: A candidate for governor of a certain state claims to be favored by at least half of the voters. If a hypothesis test is performed, how should you interpret a decision that rejects the null hypothesis? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A candidate for governor of a certain state claims to be favored by at least half of the voters. If a hypothesis test is performed, how should you interpret a decision that rejects the null hypothesis?
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Ho: p <= 0.5
Ha: p < 0.5
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The test does not support the governor's claim at
some level of significance.
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Cheers,
Stan H.