A large automobile insurance company selected samples of single and married male policyholders and recorded the number who made an insurance claim over the preceding three-year period.   Single Policyholders Married Policyholders  350  1,000 Number making claims = 70 Number making claims = 150   a. Use  l= 0.05 Test to determine whether the claim rates differ between single and married male policyholders. z-value   (to 2 decimals) p-value   (to 4 decimals)   b. Provide a  95% confidence interval (to 4 decimals) for the difference between the proportions for the two populations. Enter negative answer as negative number.

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A large automobile insurance company selected samples of single and married male policyholders and recorded the number who made an insurance claim over the preceding three-year period.

 

Single Policyholders Married Policyholders
 350  1,000
Number making claims = 70 Number making claims = 150

 

a. Use  l= 0.05 Test to determine whether the claim rates differ between single and married male policyholders.

z-value   (to 2 decimals)
p-value   (to 4 decimals)

 

b. Provide a  95% confidence interval (to 4 decimals) for the difference between the proportions for the two populations. Enter negative answer as negative number.

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