The proportion p of residents in a community who recycle has traditionally been 70%. A policy maker claims that the proportion is less than 70% now that one of the recycling centers has been relocated. If 148 out of a random sample of 215 residents in the community said they recycle, is there enough evidence to support the policy maker's claim at the 0.01 level of significance? Perform a one-tailed test. Then complete the parts below. Carry your intermediate computations to three or more decimal places 1. Find the critical value. (Round to three or more decimal places.

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The proportion p of residents in a community who recycle has traditionally been 70%. A policy maker claims that the proportion is less than 70% now that one of the recycling centers has been relocated. If 148 out of a random sample of 215 residents in the community said they recycle, is there enough evidence to support the policy maker's claim at the 0.01 level of significance? Perform a one-tailed test. Then complete the parts below.
Carry your intermediate computations to three or more decimal places

1. Find the critical value. (Round to three or more decimal places.
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