Claim: Most adults would erase all of their personal information online if they could. A software firm survey of 539 randomly selected adults showed that
The value of the test statistic is (Round to two decimal places as needed.)
Step 1 :The test statistic for a proportion is calculated using the formula:
Step 2 :In this case, the hypothesized population proportion (p) is not given. However, since the claim is that 'most' adults would erase their information, we can assume that p = 0.5 (i.e., 50%). The sample proportion (
Step 3 :Let's plug these values into the formula and calculate the test statistic.
Step 4 :
Step 5 :p = 0.5
Step 6 :n = 539
Step 7 :Z =
Step 8 :