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Neuroinvasive West Nile virus is a severe disease that affects a person’s nervous system. It is spread by the Culex species of mosquito. In the United States in  there were   reported cases of neuroinvasive West Nile virus out of a total of  reported cases and there were  neuroinvasive reported cases out of a total of  cases reported in . Is the  proportion of neuroinvasive West Nile virus cases more than the  proportion of neuroinvasive West Nile virus cases? Using a  level of significance, conduct an appropriate hypothesis test.

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

As the hypothesis testing is done for the  proportion of neuroinvasive West Nile virus cases and the  proportion of neuroinvasive West Nile virus cases.

Therefore, the null hypothesis is as follows:

 

Hence, option is the correct option.

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