Test Hypotheses About a Population Proportion
-The Business College Computing $30 \%$

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Test Hypotheses about a Population Proportion
-The business college computing center wants to determine the proportion of business students who have personal computers (PC's) at home. If the proportion differs from $30 \%$ , then the lab will modify a proposed enlargement of its facilities. Suppose a hypothesis test is conducted and the test statistic is $2.5$ . Find the $\mathrm { P }$ -value for a two-tailed test of hypothesis.

• A) \(0.0124\)
• B) \(0.0062\)
• C) \(0.4876\)
• D) \(0.4938\)

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