Question

The mayor of a town has proposed a plan for the annexation of a new community. A political study took a sample of 900900 voters in the town and found that 40%40% of the residents favored annexation. Using the data, a political strategist wants to test the claim that the percentage of residents who favor annexation is more than 36%36%. Testing at the 0.050.05 level, is there enough evidence to support the strategist's claim?

Step 4 of 6:

Determine the decision rule for rejecting the null hypothesis, H0H0.

Answer 1

Step 4 )

Claim: Ha: p > 0.36

This is right tailed test.

Critical value at 0.05 level = 1.645

Decision rule = Reject H0 if test statistics z > 1.645