A presidential candidate's aide estimates that, among all college students, the proportion ,p, who intend to vote in the upcoming election is at least 70 % . If 164 out of a random sample of 240 college students expressed an intent to vote, can we reject the aide's estimate at the 0.5 level of significance? Perform a one-tailed test. Then fill in the table below. Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places and round your answers as specified in the table. The null hypothesis: Ho:_?

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A presidential candidate's aide estimates that, among all college students, the proportion ,p, who intend to vote in the upcoming election is at least 70 % . If 164 out of a random sample of

240 college students expressed an intent to vote, can we reject the aide's estimate at the 0.5 level of significance?

Perform a one-tailed test. Then fill in the table below.

Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places and round your answers as specified in the table.

The null hypothesis:
Ho:_?
 
The alternative hypothesis:
H1:_ ?
 
The type of test statistic: ?
     
     
The value of the test statistic:
(Round to at least three decimal places.)
?
 
The p-value:
(Round to at least three decimal places.)
?
 
Can we reject the aide's estimate that the proportion of college students who intend to vote is at least
70 % ? Yes or no

 

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