The point estimate for the true difference in proportion of dark growth bands between February and March
Marine biologists have noticed that the color of the outermost growth band on a clam tends to be related to the time of year in which the clam dies. A biologist conducted a small investigation of whether this is true for the species Protothaca staminea. She collected a sample of 50 clam shells in February and 27 clam shells in March. 15 of the shells from February had a dark color on the outermost growth band, whereas 8 of the shells from March had a dark color on the outermost growth band. Carry out a hypothesis test to see if there is a difference in the proportion of shells with a dark outermost growth band between the two months. Let ? = 0.01.
A) The point estimate for the true difference in proportion of dark growth bands between February and March is:
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