A candidate for state representative of a certain state claims to be favored by at least half of the voters. If a hypothesis test is performed, how should you interpret a decision that rejects the null hypothesis?
A) There is not sufficient evidence to support the claim p ? 0.5.
B) There is sufficient evidence to reject the claim p ? 0.5.
C) There is sufficient evidence to support the claim p ? 0.5.
D) There is not sufficient evidence to reject the claim p ? 0.5.

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Rejecting the null hypothesis indicates there is sufficient evidence to reject the claim that the candidate is favored by at least half of the voters (p ≥ 0.5).

A Candidate for State Representative of a Certain State Claims