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In a Gallup poll of 1003 randomly selected subjects, 370 said they have a gun in their home. The accompanying Minitab display shows the results from a test at the 0.05 significance level of the claim that 40% of homes have guns in them.
a. Explain the meaning of the p-value in the context of the problem.
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