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Gun control is a sensitive issue in the US. In a survey, 650 people favored a ban on handguns out of a total of 1250 individuals polled. Do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that a majority of individuals in the population favor banning handguns? Could you have made a mistake when making your decision in question 104? If yes, what is this mistake called? If no, explain briefly why not.

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Gun control is a sensitive issue in the US. In a survey, 650 people favored a ban on handguns out of a total of 1250 individuals polled. Do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that a majority of individuals in the population favor banning handguns? Using a 5 significance level, does there appear to be a majority of people in the population who favor banning handguns?


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Yes, type 2 error.

Answer to Question 2

No, the p-value is not smaller than 0.05, so we cannot reject the null hypothesis.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
:D TYSM

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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