A cigarette manufacturing firm claims that its brand A of the cigarettes outsells its brand B by 8%. If it is found that 42 out of a sample of 200 smokers prefer brand A and 18 out of another random somple of 100 smokers prefer brand B, test whether the 8% difference is a valid claim. (use 5% level of significance.)

A cigarette manufacturing firm claims that its brand A of the cigarettes outsells its brand B by 8%. If it is found that 42 out of a sample of 200 smokers prefer brand A and 18 out of another random somple of 100 smokers prefer brand B, test whether the 8% difference is a valid claim. (use 5% level of significance.)

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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