Country clerk in Essex County New Jersey selected candidates for positions on election ballot. Democrats were selected first in 40 of 41 ballots. Because he was supposed to use a method of random selection Republicans claimed that instead of using randomness he used a method that favor Democrats use a 0.01 significance level to test the claim that the ballot selection method favors Democrats.

Country clerk in Essex County New Jersey selected candidates for positions on election ballot. Democrats were selected first in 40 of 41 ballots. Because he was supposed to use a method of random selection Republicans claimed that instead of using randomness he used a method that favor Democrats use a 0.01 significance level to test the claim that the ballot selection method favors Democrats.

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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