In 2010, 36% of adults in a certain country were morbidly obese. A health practitioner suspects that the percent has changed since then. She obtains a random sample of 1042 adults and finds that 393 are morbidly obese. Is this sufficient evidence to support the practitioner's claim at the α = 0.1 level of significance?

In 2010, 36% of adults in a certain country were morbidly obese. A health practitioner suspects that the percent has changed since then. She obtains a random sample of 1042 adults and finds that 393 are morbidly obese. Is this sufficient evidence to support the practitioner's claim at the α = 0.1 level of significance?

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

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