Consider a sample of n = 114 women drawn randomly from the membership list of the National Organization for Women (N.O.W.), x = 24 of whom were found to smoke. Use the result of this sample to test whether the rate found is significantly different from the United States proportion of 0.31 for women and provide the z-statistic value below

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Consider a sample of n = 114 women drawn randomly from the membership list of the National Organization for Women (N.O.W.), x = 24 of whom were found to smoke. Use the result of this sample to test whether the rate found is significantly different from the United States proportion of 0.31 for women and provide the z-statistic value below.

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