In a survey of 75 randomly selected people in Country A, 12 would like to travel abroad. In a survey of 60 randomly selected people in Country B, 12 would like to travel abroad. Test the alternative hypothesis that the population proportion for Country A is less than the population proportion for County B. The test statistic is z=−0.60. What is the corresponding p-value? Compute your answer using a value from the table below.

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In a survey of 75 randomly selected people in Country A, 12 would like to travel abroad. In a survey of 60 randomly selected people in Country B, 12 would like to travel abroad. Test the alternative hypothesis that the population proportion for Country A is less than the population proportion for County B. The test statistic is z=−0.60. What is the corresponding p-value? Compute your answer using a value from the table below.

 

z 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09
-1.0 0.159 0.156 0.154 0.152 0.149 0.147 0.145 0.142 0.140 0.138
-0.9 0.184 0.181 0.179 0.176 0.174 0.171 0.169 0.166 0.164 0.161
-0.8 0.212 0.209 0.206 0.203 0.201 0.198 0.195 0.192 0.189 0.187
-0.7 0.242 0.239 0.236 0.233 0.230 0.227 0.224 0.221 0.218 0.215
-0.6 0.274 0.271 0.268 0.264 0.261 0.258 0.255 0.251 0.248 0.245
-0.5 0.309 0.305 0.302 0.298 0.295 0.291 0.288 0.284 0.281 0.278
-0.4 0.345 0.341 0.337 0.334 0.330 0.326 0.323 0.319 0.316 0.312
-0.3 0.382 0.378 0.374 0.371 0.367 0.363 0.359 0.356 0.352 0.348
-0.2 0.421 0.417 0.413 0.409 0.405 0.401 0.397 0.394 0.390 0.386
-0.1 0.460 0.456 0.452 0.448 0.444 0.440 0.436 0.433 0.429 0.425
-0.0 0.500 0.496 0.492 0.488 0.484 0.480 0.476 0.472 0.468 0.464
 
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