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A random sample of 817
births included 428 boys. Use a 0.05
significance level to test the claim that 50.6%
of newborn babies are boys. Do the results support the belief that
50.6% of newborn babies are boys?
Identify the test statistic for this hypothesis test.
The test statistic for this hypothesis test is
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