A major issue facing many states is whether to legalize casino gambling.  Suppose the governor of one state believes that more than 55% of the state's registered voters would favor some form of legal casino gambling.  However, before backing a proposal to allow such gambling, the governor has instructed his aides to conduct a statistical test on the issue.  To do this, the aides have hired a consulting firm to survey a simple random sample of 300 voters in the state.  Of these 300 voters, 175 actually favored legalized gambling.  What are the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses?   Question options:   H0: p = 0.55   and   H1: p ≠ 0.55H0: p = 0.55   and   H1: p ≠ 0.55     H0: p = 0.58   and   H1: p ≠ 0.58H0: p = 0.58   and   H1: p ≠ 0.58   H0: p ≤ 0.55   and   H1: p >

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A major issue facing many states is whether to legalize casino gambling.  Suppose the governor of one state believes that more than 55% of the state's registered voters would favor some form of legal casino gambling.  However, before backing a proposal to allow such gambling, the governor has instructed his aides to conduct a statistical test on the issue.  To do this, the aides have hired a consulting firm to survey a simple random sample of 300 voters in the state.  Of these 300 voters, 175 actually favored legalized gambling.  What are the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses?

 

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H0: p = 0.55   and   H1: p ≠ 0.55H0: p = 0.55   and   H1: p ≠ 0.55

 

 

H0: p = 0.58   and   H1: p ≠ 0.58H0: p = 0.58   and   H1: p ≠ 0.58

 

H0: p ≤ 0.55   and   H1: p > 0.55H0: p ≤ 0.55   and   H1: p > 0.55

 

H0: p ≤ 0.58   and   H1: p > 0.58

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