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When conducting a hypothesis test about p we can assume the test statistic Z=P̂ −pp(1−p)n√𝑍=𝑃^−𝑝𝑝(1−𝑝)𝑛 approximately follows a standard normal distribution if:Question 5Select one:a.the data is normally distributedb.the data is continuousc.np≥5 or n(1−p)≥5𝑛𝑝≥5 or 𝑛(1−𝑝)≥5 d.np≥5 and n(1−p)≥5

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When conducting a hypothesis test about p we can assume the test statistic Z=P̂ −pp(1−p)n√𝑍=𝑃^−𝑝𝑝(1−𝑝)𝑛 approximately follows a standard normal distribution if:Question 5Select one:a.the data is normally distributedb.the data is continuousc.np≥5 or n(1−p)≥5𝑛𝑝≥5 or 𝑛(1−𝑝)≥5 d.np≥5 and n(1−p)≥5

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The correct answer is d. np≥5 and n(1−p)≥5. This is a rule of thumb for the approximation to be valid. If both np and n(1-p) are greater than or equal to 5, we can assume that the test statistic Z approximately follows a standard normal distribution.

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