It was estimated that 20% of adult Americans suffer from some degree of hearing loss. A researcher has selected a random sample of 340 adult Americans and found that 58 of them suffer from some degree of hearing loss. Can you test at a 10% level of significance whether the actual percentage of adult Americans suffering from some degree of hearing loss is different from 20%?

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It was estimated that 20% of adult Americans suffer from some degree of hearing loss. A researcher has selected a random sample of 340 adult Americans and found that 58 of them suffer from some degree of hearing loss. Can you test at a 10% level of significance whether the actual percentage of adult Americans suffering from some degree of hearing loss is different from 20%? Question # 8

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