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Test the claim that the proportion of men who own cats is significantly different than 80% at the 0.1 significance level.
Based on a sample of 500 people, 75% owned cats
The test statistic is: (to 2 decimals)
The positive critical value is: (to 2 decimals)
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n=500, p-hat = 0.75, population proportion P=0.80 and level of significance =0.10
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