Any basketball fan knows that Shaquille O'Neal, one of NBA's most dominant centers of the last 20 years always had difficulty shooting free throws. Over the course of his career his overall made free throws percentage was 33.3%. During one off-season shack had been working With an assistant coach on his free-throw technique. During the next season a simple random sample showed that shaq made 26 of 39 free-throw attempts. 1). Test the claim at the 0.05 significance level that shaq has significantly improved his free-throw shooting.

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Any basketball fan knows that Shaquille O'Neal, one of NBA's most dominant centers of the last 20 years always had difficulty shooting free throws. Over the course of his career his overall made free throws percentage was 33.3%. During one off-season shack had been working With an assistant coach on his free-throw technique. During the next season a simple random sample showed that shaq made 26 of 39 free-throw attempts.

1). Test the claim at the 0.05 significance level that shaq has significantly improved his free-throw shooting.

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