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Suppose a park ranger wishes to collect some data from the State Park he works in to asses if the proportion of trees in the park that are in need of pruning is significantly higher than 5%. He will test the hypotheses H0: p = 0.05 vs. Ha: p > 0.05. After a week of hard work, randomly selecting and inspecting trees throughout the entire park, the park ranger found that 7% of the trees in the sample were in need of pruning.
-Think about the park ranger's job when answering the following question. Is the difference between the observed percentage of 7% and the hypothesized value of 5% practically significant?

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Probably not. The park ranger and his cr...

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