EP STATISTICS F/BUS.+ECON.-ACCESS 18 WK
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Chapter 10.3, Problem 10.27ACB
Are travel professionals equitably paid? Business Travel News (July 28, 2014) reported the results of its annual Travel Manager Salary & Attitude survey. A total of 248 travel professionals, 76 males and 172 females, participated in the survey. One question asked for the travel professional’s opinion on the fairness of his/her salary. Responses were classified as “salary too low” “equitable/fair” or “paid well” The table below gives a breakdown of the responses in each category by gender.
| Males | Females | |
| Salary too low | 24 | 84 |
| Equitable/fair | 38 | 69 |
| Paid well | 14 | 19 |
| Totals | 76 | 172 |
- a. Find the proportion of male travel professionals who believe their salary is too low and compare it with the proportion of female travel professionals who believe their salary is too low. .316; .448
- b. Repeat part a but compare the proportions who believe their salary is equitable/fair. . 5; .401
- c. Repeat part a but compare the proportions who believe they are paid well. .184; .11
- d. Based on the comparisons, parts a–c, do you think opinion on the fairness of a travel professional’s salary differs for males and females?
- e. Refer to part d. Conduct the appropriate statistical test using α = .10.
- f. Construct and interpret a 90% confidence interval for the difference between the proportions of part a.
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