Sixty percent of the respondents in a random sample drawn from a neighborhood are Democrats. The community as a whole is 75% Democrat. The difference between sample and population has been tested and the null hypothesis has been rejected. What may we conclude?
a. Type I error has been committed
b. a one-tailed test has been used
c. the neighborhood is significantly less likely to be Democrat
d. the difference is not significant
c
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