The mayor of a town believes that 57 % of the residents favor construction of an adjoining community. A community group believes this is inaccurate and decides to perform a hypothesis test to dispute the mayor's claim. After information is gathered from 420 voters and a hypothesis test is completed, the group decides to reject the null hypothesis at the 0.02 level. What is the conclusion regarding the mayor's claim?

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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
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Problem 8CR
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The mayor of a town believes that 57 % of the residents favor construction of an adjoining community. A community group believes this is inaccurate and decides to
perform a hypothesis test to dispute the mayor's claim. After information is gathered from 420 voters and a hypothesis test is completed, the group decides to reject
the null hypothesis at the 0.02 level.
What is the conclusion regarding the mayor's claim?
Transcribed Image Text:The mayor of a town believes that 57 % of the residents favor construction of an adjoining community. A community group believes this is inaccurate and decides to perform a hypothesis test to dispute the mayor's claim. After information is gathered from 420 voters and a hypothesis test is completed, the group decides to reject the null hypothesis at the 0.02 level. What is the conclusion regarding the mayor's claim?
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