A Political Scientist Wants to Prove That a Candidate Is

question 3

Multiple Choice

A political scientist wants to prove that a candidate is currently carrying more than 60% of the vote in the state.She has her assistants randomly sample 200 eligible voters in the state by telephone and only 90 declare that they support her candidate.The observed z value for this problem is _______.

• A)-4.33
• B)4.33
• C)0.45
• D)-.31
• E)2.33

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