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11.2 Exercise 40

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Read the statement and decide whether it is true or false.

the table contains information from a survey of 499 participants classified according to their age groups. The second column shows the percentage of obese people per age class among the study participants. The last column comes from a different study at the national level that shows the corresponding percentages of obese people in the same age classes in the United States. Perform a hypothesis test at the 5 percent significance level to determine whether the survey participants are a representative sample of the USA obese population.

Age Class (years) Obese (Percentage) Expected USA Average (Percentage)
20–30 75 32.6
31–40 26.5 32.6
41–50 13.6 36.6
51–60 21.9 36.6
61–70 21 39.7

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