A concern was raised in Australia that the percentage of deaths of Aboriginal prisoners which is 0.27% was higher than the percent of deaths of non-Aboriginal prisoners. A sample of six years (from 1990 to 1995) of data was collected, and it was found that out of 14,495 Aboriginal prisoners, 51 died. Do the data provide enough evidence to show that the proportion of deaths of Aboriginal prisoners is more than 0.27

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Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data
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A concern was raised in Australia that the percentage of deaths of Aboriginal prisoners which is 0.27% was higher than the percent of deaths of non-Aboriginal prisoners. A sample of six years (from 1990 to 1995) of data was collected, and it was found that out of 14,495 Aboriginal prisoners, 51 died. Do the data provide enough evidence to show that the proportion of deaths of Aboriginal prisoners is more than 0.27%?

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