According to the Census Bureau, approximately 5.3% of Americans have French heritage. You believe it is higher than 5.3%, so to test if this is true, you randomly select two hundred and sixty-four Americans and asked them about their heritage. From that random sample you find that 6.25% of them had French heritage. Test the claim that the percentage of Americans that have French heritage is greater than 5.3%. What is the test statistic for this hypothesis test?

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Section11.4: Collecting Data
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According to the Census Bureau, approximately 5.3% of Americans have French heritage. You believe it is higher than 5.3%, so to test if this is true, you randomly select two hundred and sixty-four Americans and asked them about their heritage. From that random sample you find that 6.25% of them had French heritage. Test the claim that the percentage of Americans that have French heritage is greater than 5.3%. What is the test statistic for this hypothesis test?

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