The executive director of the United Way believes that more than 24 percent of the employees in the high-tech industry have made voluntary contributions to the United Way. In order to test this statistically, the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses are: H0 : ≤ .24 HA : .24

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The executive director of the United Way believes that more than 24 percent of the employees in the high-tech industry have made voluntary contributions to the United Way. In order to test this statistically, the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses are: H0 : ≤ .24 HA : > .24

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The correct null hypothesis (H0) should state there is no effect or no difference, so it would be H0: p = .24, and the alternative hypothesis (HA) should reflect the belief or claim being tested, so it should be HA: p > .24, indicating that the proportion is greater than 24%.

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