The mayor of a town has proposed a plan for the annexation of a new bridge. A po

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The mayor of a town has proposed a plan for the annexation of a new bridge. A political study took a sample of 1000 voters in the town and found that 51% of the residents favored annexation. Using the data, a political strategist wants to test the claim that the percentage of residents who favor annexation is more than 47%. Determine the P-value of the test statistic. Round your answer to four decimal places. The mayor of a town has proposed a plan for the annexation of a new bridge. A political study took a sample of 1000 voters in the town and found that 51% of the residents favored annexation. Using the data, a political strategist wants to test the claim that the percentage of residents who favor annexation is more than 47%. Determine the P-value of the test statistic. Round your answer to four decimal places.

Explanation / Answer

Sample size = 1000
Proportion of the residents favored annexation p0 = 0.51
To test H0 : p = p0 ag. H1 : p > 0.47.
R code : binom.test(510,1000,0.47,alternative="greater",conf.level = 0.95)
P-value = 0.0062.

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