Married Adults. In a recent year, 125.8 million adults, or 58.6% of the adult American population, were married. In a New England town, a simple random sample of 1,445 adults includes 56.0% who are married. Test the claim that this sample comes from a population with a married percentage of less than 58.6%.

use a 0.05 significance level to conduct a hypothesis test using the four-step procedure described in the text. Be sure to state your conclusion.