The National safety council reported that 52% of American turnpike drivers are men. A sample of 300 cars traveling southbound on the New Jersey Turnpike yesterday revealed that 170 were driven by men. At a 99% level of confidence, can we conclude that a larger proportion of men were driving on the New Jersey Turnpike than the national statistics indicate? 

a) State the null and alternate hypothesis.

b) Determine which distribution to use for the test statistic, and state the level of significance.

c) Calculate the necessary sample test statistics

d) Draw a conclusion and interpret the decision.