In order for a constitutional amendment to the Florida constitution to pass 60% of the popular vote must support the amendment.
A researcher is interested in determining if the more than sixty percent of the voters would support a new amendment about higher education. The researcher asks 500 random selected potential voters if they would support the amendment. What is the null and alternative hypothesis?
Percentage of vote required for constitutional amendment = 60%
p = 60% = 0.6
Hypothesis:
More than sixty percent of the voters would support a new amendment about higher education.
We design the null and the alternate hypothesis
Interpretation:
The null hypothesis states that less than or equal to 60% of the voter support the new amendment and the alternative hypothesis states that gretaer than 60% supports the amendment about higher education.