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According to the February 2008 Federal Trade Commission reporton consumer fraud and identity theft, 23% of all complaints in 2007were for identity theft. In that year, Alaska had 321 complaints ofidentity theft out of 1,432 consumer complaints (\"Consumer fraudand,\" 2008). Does this data provide enough evidence to show thatAlaska had a lower proportion of identity theft than 23%? State thetype I and type II errors in this case, consequences of each errortype for this situation, and the appropriate alpha level touse.
