A researcher claims that the proportion of people over 65 years of age in a certain city is greater than 11%. To test this claim, a sample of 1000 people are taken and its determine that 126 people are over 65 years of age. The following is the setup for this hypothesis test:   {H0:p=0.11Ha:p>0.11   Find the test statistic for this hypothesis test for a proportion. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.

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A researcher claims that the proportion of people over 65 years of age in a certain city is greater than 11%. To test this claim, a sample of 1000 people are taken and its determine that 126 people are over 65 years of age.

The following is the setup for this hypothesis test:

 

{H0:p=0.11Ha:p>0.11

 

Find the test statistic for this hypothesis test for a proportion. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.

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