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A Study of police gunfire report during a recent year, found that among 540 shots fired by the NYPD, 182 hit their target, and among 283 shots fired by the LAPD, 77 hit their targets. Use a 5% significance level to test the claim that the New York Police and LAPD have the same proportion of hits. 1) Define parameters and state null and alternative hypothesis 2) Find Test Statistic 3) Find p-value 4) Conclusion
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