Test Hypotheses About a Population Proportion
-A Nationwide Survey Claimed $50 \%$

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Test Hypotheses about a Population Proportion
-A nationwide survey claimed that at least $50 \%$ of parents with young children condone spanking their child as a regular form of punishment. In a random sample of 100 parents with young children, how many would need to say that they condone spanking as a form of punishment in order to refute the claim at $\alpha = 0.5$ ?

• A) You would need 41 or less parents to support spanking to refute the claim.
• B) You would need exactly 41 parents to support spanking to refute the claim.
• C) You would need 42 or less parents to support spanking to refute the claim.
• D) You would need more than 41 parents to support spanking to refute the claim.

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