A doctor is concerned that nausea may be a side effect of Tamiflu, but is not certain because nausea is common for people who have the flu. She researched some past studies, and found that about 30% of people who get the flu and do not use Tamilflu experience nausea. She then collected data on 2420 patients who were taking Tamiflu, and found that 684 experienced nausea. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the percentage of people who take Tamiflu for the relief of flu symtoms and experience nausea is 30%. Enter the null hypothesis for this test.   What is the test statistic for the given statistics?

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A doctor is concerned that nausea may be a side effect of Tamiflu, but is not certain because nausea is common for people who have the flu. She researched some past studies, and found that about 30% of people who get the flu and do not use Tamilflu experience nausea. She then collected data on 2420 patients who were taking Tamiflu, and found that 684 experienced nausea. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the percentage of people who take Tamiflu for the relief of flu symtoms and experience nausea is 30%.

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