1. A candidate would like to determine if he might win the election in November. To do this, he hires a company that calls 1248 people at random. 699 of the respondents (people called) state that they would vote for him in the election. In order for him to win, more than 50% of people will have to vote for him. Test this claim with a significance of .05. e. Use technology (Statcrunch or a calculator) to find the test statistic and P-value for the test. f. Use the critical value method to determine if you should reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis. Remember that the critical value method is where you compare the test statistic to the critical value. If the test statistic is in the critical region, then you can reject the null hypothesis. g. Write the conclusion to the test.
1. A candidate would like to determine if he might win the election in November. To do this,
he hires a company that calls 1248 people at random. 699 of the respondents (people
called) state that they would vote for him in the election. In order for him to win, more than
50% of people will have to vote for him. Test this claim with a significance of .05.
e. Use technology (Statcrunch or a calculator) to find the test statistic and P-value for
the test.
f. Use the critical value method to determine if you should reject or fail to reject the
null hypothesis. Remember that the critical value method is where you compare
the test statistic to the critical value. If the test statistic is in the critical region, then
you can reject the null hypothesis.
g. Write the conclusion to the test.
h. According to the test, does it look likely that the candidate will win the election?
Explain how you know in complete sentences.
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