An ABC/Washington Post poll indicates that 45% of U.S. adults favor a ban on assault weapons (source:

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An ABC/Washington Post poll indicates that 45% of U.S. adults favor a ban on assault weapons (source: Gary Langer, “Most now oppose an assault weapons ban; doubts about stopping a lone wolf run high (poll), http:// abcnews.go.com, Dec. 16, 2015). Suppose 300 adults in California are randomly surveyed and 162 say they favor a ban. Based on this sample, test using alpha = 0.025 whether the proportion of California residents who favor the ban is different from the proportion given in the poll for the country as a whole. Report the p-value for this hypothesis test.

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Business Statistics A Decision Making Approach

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10th Edition

Authors: David F. Groebner, Patrick W. Shannon, Phillip C. Fry

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