According to the Federal Trade Commission report on consumer fraud and identity theft, 23% of all complaints in 2007 were for identity theft. This year, a certain state kept track of how many of its 1355 complaints were for identity theft. They want to know if the data provide enough evidence to show that this state had a different proportion of identity theft than 23%? State the random variable, population parameter, and hypotheses. a) The symbol for the random variable involved in this problem is                The wording for the random variable in context is as follows:           b) The symbol for the parameter involved in this problem is                The wording for the parameter in context is as follows:           c) Fill in the correct null and alternative hypotheses:      H0:H0:                     HA:HA:

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According to the Federal Trade Commission report on consumer fraud and identity theft, 23% of all complaints in 2007 were for identity theft. This year, a certain state kept track of how many of its 1355 complaints were for identity theft. They want to know if the data provide enough evidence to show that this state had a different proportion of identity theft than 23%? State the random variable, population parameter, and hypotheses.

a) The symbol for the random variable involved in this problem is           

    The wording for the random variable in context is as follows:          

b) The symbol for the parameter involved in this problem is           

    The wording for the parameter in context is as follows:          

c) Fill in the correct null and alternative hypotheses:

    
H0:H0:                    

HA:HA:                    


d) A Type I error in the context of this problem would be:

                   

e) A Type II error in the context of this problem would be:

                   

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