Past studies have indicated that the percentage of smokers was estimated to be about 34%. Given the new smoking cessation programs that have been implemented, you now believe that the percentage of smokers has reduced. You randomly surveyed 2483 people and found that 781 smoke. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the percentage of smokers has reduce. Calculate your test statistic.  Write the result below, and be sure to round your final answer to two decimal places.

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Past studies have indicated that the percentage of smokers was estimated to be about 34%. Given the new smoking cessation programs that have been implemented, you now believe that the percentage of smokers has reduced. You randomly surveyed 2483 people and found that 781 smoke. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the percentage of smokers has reduce. Calculate your test statistic.  Write the result below, and be sure to round your final answer to two decimal places.    Calculate your p-value. Write the result below, and be sure to round your final answer to four decimal places.

e) Calculate your p-value. Write the result below, and be sure to round your final answer to four decimal places.

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