Gallup conducted a national survey of 1008 American adults, asking “As you know, as part of its efforts to investigate terrorism, a federal government agency obtained records from larger U.S. telephone and internet companies in order to compile telephone call logs and internet communications. Basedonwhatyouhaveheardorreadabouttheprogram,wouldyousay thatyouapproveordisapproveofthisgovernmentprogram?” Ofthosesurveyed,534said they disapprove. a. Determine and interpret the sample proportion b. At the 5% significance level, do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that a majority (more than 50%) of American adults disapprove of the government surveillance program?
Gallup conducted a national survey of 1008 American adults, asking “As you know, as part of its efforts to investigate terrorism, a federal government agency obtained records from larger U.S. telephone and internet companies in order to compile telephone call logs and internet communications. Basedonwhatyouhaveheardorreadabouttheprogram,wouldyousay thatyouapproveordisapproveofthisgovernmentprogram?” Ofthosesurveyed,534said they disapprove.
a. Determine and interpret the sample proportion
b. At the 5% significance level, do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that a majority (more than 50%) of American adults disapprove of the government surveillance program?
![](/static/compass_v2/shared-icons/check-mark.png)
Trending now
This is a popular solution!
Step by step
Solved in 2 steps with 3 images
![Blurred answer](/static/compass_v2/solution-images/blurred-answer.jpg)
![MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781119256830/9781119256830_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Probability and Statistics for Engineering and th…](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781305251809/9781305251809_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap C…](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781305504912/9781305504912_smallCoverImage.gif)
![MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781119256830/9781119256830_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Probability and Statistics for Engineering and th…](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781305251809/9781305251809_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences (MindTap C…](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781305504912/9781305504912_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th E…](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9780134683416/9780134683416_smallCoverImage.gif)
![The Basic Practice of Statistics](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781319042578/9781319042578_smallCoverImage.gif)
![Introduction to the Practice of Statistics](https://www.bartleby.com/isbn_cover_images/9781319013387/9781319013387_smallCoverImage.gif)