Chapter 18, Problem 6P

6. A recent survey of practicing psychotherapists revealed that 25% of the individual responding agreed with the statement, “Hypnosis can be used to recover accurate memories of past lives” (Yapko, l994). A researcher would like to determine whether this same level of belief exists in the general population. A sample of 192 adults is surveyed and 65 believe that hypnosis can be used to recover accurate memories of past live. Based on these data, can you conclude that beliefs held by the general population are significantly different from beliefs held by psychotherapists? Test with a = .05.