An annual survey of first-year college students asks 277000


An annual survey of first-year college students asks 277,000 students about their attitudes on a variety of subjects. According to a recent survey, 53% of first-year students believe that abortion should be legal. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that over half of all first-year students believe that abortion should be legal.

1) Formulate the null and alternative hypotheses?

2) Find the test statistic. z=?

3) Find the P-value for the found test statistic. p=?

4) State the conclusion

a) Do not reject H 0. There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that over half of all first-year students believe that abortion should be legal.

b) Reject H 0. There is insufficient evidence to support the claim that over half of all first-year students believe that abortion should be legal.

c) Reject H 0. There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that over half of all first-year students believe that abortion should be legal

d) Do not reject H 0. There is insufficient evidence to support the claim that over half of all first-year students believe that abortion should be legal.

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