In the Texas senate races, a candidate must clear 50% to avoid a runoff election. In a recent poll of 1040 voters in Texas, 51% of voters preferred candidate. We will a hypothesis test to see if we can say at the 5% significance level that more than 50% of voters in Texas prefer candidate based on this poll. State the null and alternative hypothesis. Find the test-statistic. Find the P-value. Make a conclusion. Interpret your answer.

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In the Texas senate races, a candidate must clear 50% to avoid a runoff election. In a recent poll of 1040 voters in Texas, 51% of voters preferred candidate. We will a hypothesis test to see if we can say at the 5% significance level that more than 50% of voters in Texas prefer candidate based on this poll.

  1. State the null and alternative hypothesis.
  2. Find the test-statistic.
  3. Find the P-value.
  4. Make a conclusion.
  5. Interpret your answer. 
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