"The Problem with Angels," by Cyndy Dowling although this problem is wholly mine, the catalyst came from the magazine, Time. On the magazine cover I did find the realm of angels tickling my mind. Inside, 69%I found to be in angels, Americans do believe.

Then, it was time to rise to the task, ninety-five high school and college students I did ask. Viewing all as one group, random sampling to get the scoop. So, I asked each to be true, "Do you believe in angels?" Tell me, do! Hypothesizing at the start, totally believing in my heart that the proportion who said yes would be equal on this test. Lo and behold, seventy-three did arrive, out of the sample of ninety-five. Now your job has just begun, Solve this problem and have some fun.

Short Answer

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The null hypothesis is not rejected and the proportion of people who believe in angels is 69%.

Step by step solution

01

Given Information

The phrases from "The problem with Angels" is given. It is mentioned that 69%of Americans believe in Angels.

02

Explanation

Hypothesis:

According to the null hypothesis, there is69%of people who believe in angels.

H0:p=0.69H0:p0.69

The normal distribution is,

N0.69,0.690.3195

Calculate localid="1649763939968" p^

localid="1649763934474" P=xnwherenissamplesizeP=7395P=0.77

03

Conclusion

The Z test statistic is,

z=p-pp1-pn=0.77-0.69p1-pn=0.080.0475=1.686

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