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9.5 percent of American adults suffer from depression or a depressive illness. In a survey of 100 adults in a town, 7 of them suffered from depression or depressive illness. A hypothesis test to determine if the true proportion of people in that town suffering from depression or a depressive illness is lower than the percent in the general adult American population is to be conducted.

From the previous task, the sample proportion is p'=0.07 while the hypothesized proportion is p=0.095. The sample size is n=100. 

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

The random variable p represents the proportion of adults who suffer from depression or depressive illness. Since the sample size exceeds 100 and the number of successes (9.5% of 100=9.5) and failures (100-9.5=90.5) are both atleast 5, the normal approximation to the binomial distribution can be used to model the situation.

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