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A psychologist claims that more than 55 percent of the population suffers from professional problems dueto extreme shyness. Assuming that a hypothesis test of the claim has been conducted and that theconclusion is a failure to reject the null hypothesis, state the conclusion in nontechnical terms.A) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is greater than 55 percent.B) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is less than 55 percent.C) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is greater than 55percent.D) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is less than 55 percent.

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A psychologist claims that more than 55 percent of the population suffers from professional problems dueto extreme shyness. Assuming that a hypothesis test of the claim has been conducted and that theconclusion is a failure to reject the null hypothesis, state the conclusion in nontechnical terms.A) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is greater than 55 percent.B) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is less than 55 percent.C) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is greater than 55percent.D) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is less than 55 percent.

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C) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim that the true proportion is greater than 55 percent.

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