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Historically, the percentage of U.S. residents who support stricter gun control laws has been 55%. A recent Gallup Poll of 2500 people showed 1723 in favor of stricter gun control laws . Assume the poll was given to a random sample of people.
QUESTION Test the claim that the proportion of those favoring stricter gun control has changed from 0.55. Perform a hypothesis test, using a significance level of 0.01.
What kind of test will you need to perform?
A right, one-tailed z-test
A left, one-tailed z-test
A two-tailed z- test
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