The Congressional Budget Office reports that 36% of federal civilian employees have a bachelor's degree or higher (The Wall Street Journal). A random sample of 115 employees in the private sector showed that 32 have a bachelor's degree or higher. Does this indicate that the percentage of employees holding bachelor's degrees or higher in the private sector is less than in the federal civilian sector? Use α = 0.05. State the null and alternate hypotheses. H0: μ = 0.36; H1: μ < 0.36H0: p = 0.36; H1: p > 0.36 H0: p = 0.36; H1: p < 0.36H0: p = 0.36; H1: p ≠ 0.36H0: μ = 0.36; H1: μ > 0.36H0: μ = 0.36; H1: μ ≠ 0.36 (b) What sampling distribution will you use? What assumptions are you making? The standard normal, since np < 5 and nq < 5.The Student's t, since np > 5 and nq > 5. The Student's t, since np < 5 and nq < 5.The standard normal, since np > 5 and nq > 5. What is the value of the sample test statistic? (Round your answer to two decimal places.) (c) Find (or estimate) the P-value. P-value > 0.2500.125 < P-value < 0.250 0.050 < P-value < 0.1250.025 < P-value < 0.0500.005 < P-value < 0.025P-value < 0.005
The Congressional Budget Office reports that 36% of federal civilian employees have a bachelor's degree or higher (The Wall Street Journal). A random sample of 115 employees in the private sector showed that 32 have a bachelor's degree or higher. Does this indicate that the percentage of employees holding bachelor's degrees or higher in the private sector is less than in the federal civilian sector? Use α = 0.05.
State the null and alternate hypotheses.
(b) What sampling distribution will you use? What assumptions are you making?
What is the value of the sample test statistic? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
(c) Find (or estimate) the P-value.
Sketch the sampling distribution and show the area corresponding to the P-value.
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