Historically, the percentage of U.S. residents who support stricter gun control laws has been 55%. A recent Gallup Poll of 2500 people showed 1723 in favor of stricter gun control laws . Assume the poll was given to a random sample of people. QUESTION Test the claim that the proportion of those favoring stricter gun control has changed from 0.55. Perform a hypothesis test, using a significance level of 0.01. What is the probability of Z obt? (round to the nearest hundredth)

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Estimation

A new framework of data analysis where the new statistical methods are used for interpreting the results and analyzing the data is known as estimation in statistics.