Problem

Life on Other Planets Forty-eight percent of people believe that there is life on other planets in the universe. A scientist does not agree with this finding. He surveyed 130 randomly selected individuals and found 52 believed that there is life on other planets. At $\alpha=0.05$, is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the percentage differs from $48 \%$ ? Use the critical value method with tables. Do not round intermediate steps.
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(a) State the hypotheses and identify the claim.
\[
\begin{array}{l}
H_{0}: \square(\text { Choose one) } \nabla \\
H_{1}: \square(\text { Choose one } \nabla
\end{array}
\]

This hypothesis test is a (Choose one) $\mathbf{\nabla}$ test.

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This hypothesis test is a two-tailed test because we are testing if the percentage is different from 48%, not specifically greater or less than 48%.

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Step 1 :State the null hypothesis (H0) as: \(H_{0}: p = 0.48\)

Step 2 :State the alternative hypothesis (H1) as: \(H_{1}: p \neq 0.48\)

Step 3 :Identify the claim which is the alternative hypothesis

Step 4 :This hypothesis test is a two-tailed test because we are testing if the percentage is different from 48%, not specifically greater or less than 48%.

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