A random sample of 50 university admissions officers was asked about expectations in application interviews. Of these sample members, 28 agreed that the interviewer usually expects the interviewee to have volunteer experience doing community projects. Test the null hypothesis that one-half of all interviewers have this expectation against the alternative that the population proportion is larger than one-half. Use α = 0.05.

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A random sample of 50 university admissions officers was asked about expectations in application interviews. Of these sample members, 28 agreed that the interviewer usually expects the interviewee to have volunteer experience doing community projects. Test the null hypothesis that one-half of all interviewers have this expectation against the alternative that the population proportion is larger than one-half. Use α = 0.05.

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