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Can we reject the null hypothesis, yes or no? For the past 8 weeks, Senator Gree

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Question

Can we reject the null hypothesis, yes or no?

For the past 8 weeks, Senator Green has received 36% of the vote in all polls for the upcoming election. In a new poll of 1600 randomly chosen likely voters, 624 said they would vote for Senator Green in the election. At =0.1=0.1, is there enough evidence to conclude that the proportion in favor of Green is now not equal to 36%?
The two-tailed critical values are -1.64 and 1.64. The test statistic is 2.5. Can we reject the null hypothesis, yes or no?

Explanation / Answer

Yes, test statistic is greater than critical value 1.64, we should reject the null hypothesis.

Yes, we can reject the null hypothesis