A Newspaper Is Conducting a Statewide Survey Concerning the Race

question 47

Multiple Choice

A newspaper is conducting a statewide survey concerning the race for governor.The newspaper will take a simple random sample of n registered voters and determine X = the number of voters that will vote for the Democratic candidate.Is there evidence that a clear majority of the population will vote for the Democratic candidate? To answer this,they will test the hypotheses H₀: p = 0.50 versus H_a: p > 0.50.If n = 1200 and X = 640,what is the P-value for this hypothesis test?

• A)Less than 0.0002
• B)0.0105
• C)0.0330
• D)0.2326

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