In a simple random sample of 250 patients needing surgery, 80 said they obtained a second opinion. Let p be the true proportion of patients needing surgery who seek a second opinion and consider the significance test with hypotheses:   ho: p=0.35 ha: p<0.35 What is the value of the test statistic (z-score) ?

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In a simple random sample of 250 patients needing surgery, 80 said they obtained a second opinion. Let p be the true proportion of patients needing surgery who seek a second opinion and consider the significance test with hypotheses:
 
ho: p=0.35
ha: p<0.35
What is the value of the test statistic (z-score) ?
 
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