Step 1 :State the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis. The null hypothesis is that the proportion of people who believe in the Loch Ness monster is 0.5 (or 50%). The alternative hypothesis is that the proportion is greater than 0.5.
Step 2 :The test statistic for a hypothesis test for a proportion is a z-score, which is calculated as \((p̂ - p0) / \sqrt{(p0 * (1 - p0)) / n}\), where \(p̂\) is the sample proportion, \(p0\) is the hypothesized population proportion, and \(n\) is the sample size.
Step 3 :In this case, \(p̂ = 0.64\), \(p0 = 0.5\), and \(n = 21111\).
Step 4 :Substitute the values into the z-score formula to get \(z = (0.64 - 0.5) / \sqrt{(0.5 * (1 - 0.5)) / 21111}\)
Step 5 :Solve the equation to get the z-score.
Step 6 :Final Answer: The test statistic for this hypothesis test is \(\boxed{40.68}\).