Use the One-Proportion Z-Test to Perform the Required Hypothesis Test

question 14

Essay

Use the one-proportion z-test to perform the required hypothesis test. Use the critical-value approach.
-In a sample of 157 children selected randomly from one town, it is found that 38 of them suffer from asthma. At the 0.05 significance level, do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude the proportion of all children in the town who suffer from asthma is different from 11%?

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