A Major Issue Facing Many States Is Whether to Legalize

question 74

Multiple Choice

A major issue facing many states is whether to legalize casino gambling.Suppose the governor of one state believes that more than 55% of the state's registered voters would favor some form of legal casino gambling.However,before backing a proposal to allow such gambling,the governor has instructed his aides to conduct a statistical test on the issue.To do this,the aides have hired a consulting firm to survey a simple random sample of 300 voters in the state.Of these 300 voters,175 actually favored legalized gambling. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses.

• A)H₀ : p = 0.58 H_a : p ≠ 0.58
• B)H₀ : p ≤ 0.55 H_a : p > 0.55
• C)H₀ : p = 0.55 H_a : p ≠ 0.55
• D)H₀ : p ≤ 0.58 H_a : p > 0.58

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