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ashley · **on:** Jul 24, 2018

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.

Question 2

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?

234sdffa · **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.