State Conclusions to Hypothesis Tests
-A candidate for state representative of a certain state claims to be favored by at least half of the voters. If a hypothesis test is performed, how should you interpret a decision that rejects the null hypothesis?
A) There is sufficient evidence to reject the claim $\mathrm { p } \geq 0.5$.
B) There is not sufficient evidence to reject the claim $p \geq 0.5$.
C) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim $\mathrm { p } \geq 0.5$.
D) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim $p \geq 0.5$.

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Rejecting the null hypothesis means there is sufficient evidence to reject the claim that the candidate is favored by at least half of the voters ($p \geq 0.5$).

State Conclusions to Hypothesis Tests -A Candidate for State Representative p≥0.5\mathrm { p } \geq 0.5p≥0.5

State Conclusions to Hypothesis Tests
-A Candidate for State Representative $\mathrm { p } \geq 0.5$