An opinion poll asks a random sample of adults whether they favor banning ownership of handguns by

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An opinion poll asks a random sample of adults whether they favor banning ownership of handguns by private citizens. A commentator believes that more than half of all adults favor such a ban. The null and alternative hypotheses you would use to test this claim are

(a) H0 : p^ = 0.5; Ha : p^ > 0.5

(b) H0 : p = 0.5; Ha : p > 0.5

(c) H0 : p = 0.5; Ha : p < 0.5

(d) H0 : p = 0.5; Ha : p ≠ 0.5

(e) H0 : p > 0.5; Ha : p = 0.5

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The Practice Of Statistics

ISBN: 9781464108730

5th Edition

Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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