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Suppose are running a study/poll about the probability of a true negative on a test for a certain cancer. You randomly sample 109 people and find that 71 of them match the condition you are testing.
Suppose you have the following null and alternative hypotheses for a test you are running:
H0:p=0.6H0:p=0.6
Ha:p≠0.6Ha:p≠0.6
Calculate the test statistic, rounded to 3 decimal places
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