A psychologist claims that more than 29 percent of the professional population suffers from problems due to extreme shyness. Assuming that a hypothesis test of the claim has been conducted and that the conclusion is failure to reject the null hypothesis, state the conclusion in non-technical terms.
A) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is less than 29 percent.
B) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is greater than 29 percent.
C) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is equal to 29 percent.
D) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is greater than 29 percent.

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The failure to reject the null hypothesis indicates that there is not enough evidence to support the claim that the proportion is greater than 29 percent.

A Psychologist Claims That More Than 29 Percent of the Professional