An Engineer Has Suggested a Change in the Production Process

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Short Answer

An engineer has suggested a change in the production process in the belief that it will result in a reduced defective rate. Let p denote the true proportion of defective items resulting from the changed process, and that 5% of items produced by a manufacturer during a certain period were defective. Then the research hypothesis is the assertion that __________.

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