Politician
in an Effort to Test the Hypothesis That the Proportion

Essay

Politician
In an effort to test the hypothesis that the proportion of voters in the younger than 40 year old age bracket who will vote for a particular politician is different than the proportion voters in the above 40 age bracket,the following data was collected.
$$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | } \hline \text { Papulation } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Number Wha Will Vate } \\\text { far Palitician }\end{array} & \text { Sample Size } \\\hline \text { Below 40 } & 348 & 700 \\\hline \text { Above 40 } & 290 & 650 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-State the null and alternative hypotheses.
Use $\alpha$ = 0.10.State the decision rule in terms of the critical value.