Only 18% of registered voters voted in the last election. Will voter participation decline for the upcoming election? Of the 362 randomly selected registered voters surveyed, 62 of them will vote in the upcoming election. What can be concluded at the αα = 0.05 level of significance?

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Only 18% of registered voters voted in the last election. Will voter participation decline for the upcoming election? Of the 362 randomly selected registered voters surveyed, 62 of them will vote in the upcoming election. What can be concluded at the αα = 0.05 level of significance?

    1. For this study, we should use Select an answer t-test for a population mean z-test for a population proportion Correct
 
  1. The null and alternative hypotheses would be:     

 H0:H0:  ? p μ Correct Select an answer ≠ < > = Correct  (please enter a decimal)

 
 

  

 

 H1:H1:  ? p μ Correct Select an answer > = < ≠ Correct  (Please enter a decimal)

 
 

 

    1. The test statistic ? t z Correct =  (please show your answer to 3 decimal places.)
 
  1. The p-value =  (Please show your answer to 4 decimal places.)
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The study is about voter participation decline for the upcoming election indicating that the appropriate test is z-test for a population proportion.

Correct Answer: z-test for a population proportion.

It is clear that 18% of registered voters voted in the last election. The hypothesis is,

Null hypothesis:

H0:p=0.18

Alternative hypothesis:

H1:p0.18

The sample proportion is,

p^=xn=62362=0.1713

The sample proportion is 0.1713.

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