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A politician believes that 60% of constituents are in favor of a particular issue. She takes a sample of 100 constituents and finds that 55 favor the issue. If you were to test this claim, what would be your null hypothesis?

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Null hypothesis:

A statistical hypothesis which is assumed and whose validity is tested for possible rejection on the basis of sample observations is called Null hypothesis. It is denoted by H0 Moreover, the null hypothesis states about the value of a population parameter.

Here, the claim is that 60% of constituents are in favor of a particular issue, which is denoted as p=0.60 This is representing in null hypothesis.

Null hypothesis:
H p 0.60
Alternative hypothesis:
H p 0.60

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