Identify the null and alternative hypothesis for this study by filling in the blanks with the correct symbol

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Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data
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A medical billing specialist believes that most patients with high-deductible health plans have overdue medical bills. The medical billing specialist would like to test the claim that the proportion of patients with high-deductible health plans who have overdue medical bills is greater than 51%. They decide to complete a hypothesis test at a 5% significance level. They sample 35 patients with high-deductible health plans, and determine the sample percent to be 60%. The following is the data from this study:

Sample size =35 patients with high-deductible health plans
Sample proportion =0.60 

 

Identify the null and alternative hypothesis for this study by filling in the blanks with the correct symbol (=,≠,<, or > to represent the correct hypothesis.)

Provide your answer below:

 

null hypothesis : p  0.51

alternative hypothesis : p  0.51

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