Suppose that in the exit poll from the state of Florida during the year 2000 presidential elections in the United States, the pollsters recorded only the votes of the two candidates who had any chance of winning, Democrat Albert Gore and Republican George W. Bush. The polls close at 8:00 PM. The number of votes cast for the Republican in the poll is x=407. The sample size is n=765. Can the television networks announce a Republican winner? Compute the p-value for a test of the null that population proportion 'p' (representing the election result) of Republican voters is (less or) equal to 0.5 and alternative hypothesis p>0.5 (Use 4 decimal points)

Suppose that in the exit poll from the state of Florida during the year 2000 presidential elections in the United States, the pollsters recorded only the votes of the two candidates who had any chance of winning, Democrat Albert Gore and Republican George W. Bush. The polls close at 8:00 PM. The number of votes cast for the Republican in the poll is x=407. The sample size is n=765. Can the television networks announce a Republican winner? Compute the p-value for a test of the null that population proportion 'p' (representing the election result) of Republican voters is (less or) equal to 0.5 and alternative hypothesis p>0.5 (Use 4 decimal points)

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