It has been determined that 37 out of 100 adult Americans that did not attend college believe in extra-terrestrials. However, from a random sample of 100 adult Americans that did not attend college 43 claim that they believe in extra-terrestrials. Does this indicate that the proportion of people who did not attend college and who believe in extra-terrestrials has changed? Conduct a hypothesis test with a = 0.01and interpret the results.

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It has been determined that 37 out of 100 adult Americans that did not attend college believe in extra-terrestrials. However, from a random sample of 100 adult Americans that did not attend college 43 claim that they believe in extra-terrestrials. Does this indicate that the proportion of people who did not attend college and who believe in extra-terrestrials has changed? Conduct a hypothesis test with a = 0.01and interpret the results.

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