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Before the Presidential Debates, It Was Expected That the Percentages

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Before the presidential debates, it was expected that the percentages of registered voters in favor of various candidates would be as follows.
 Percentages  Democrats 48% Republicans 38% Independent 4% Underiderl 10%\begin{array}{lc}&\text { Percentages }\\\text { Democrats } & 48 \% \\\text { Republicans } & 38 \% \\\text { Independent } & 4 \% \\\text { Underiderl } & 10 \%\end{array} After the presidential debates, a random sample of 1200 voters showed that 540 favored the Democratic candidate; 480 were in favor of the Republican candidate; 40 were in favor of the Independent candidate, and 140 were undecided. We want to see if the proportion of voters has changed.
a. Compute the test statistic.
b. Use the p-value approach to test the hypotheses. Let α = .05.
c. Using the critical value approach, test the hypotheses. Let α = .05.

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a. χ2 = 8.18
b. p-value is bet...

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