A researcher claims the proportion of auto accidents that


A researcher claims the proportion of auto accidents that involve teenage drivers is less than20%. ABC Insurance Company checks police records on 200 randomly selected auto accidents and notes that teenagers were at the wheel in 32 of them. Assume the company wants to use a 0.05 significance level to test the researcher's claim.

(a) Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis.

(b) Determine the test statistic. Show all work; writing the correct test statistic, without supporting work, will receive no credit.

(c) Determine the P-value for this test. Show all work; writing the correct P-value, without supporting work, will receive no credit.

(d) Is there sufficient evidence to support the researcher's claim that the proportion of auto accidents that involve teenage drivers is less than 20%? Explain

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