Gen Combo Ll Applied Statistics In Business & Economics; Connect Access Card

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ISBN: 9781260260632

Author: David Doane, Lori Seward Senior Instructor of Operations Management

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 10.5, Problem 20SE

Calculate the test statistic and p-value for a test of equal population proportions. What is your conclusion?

a. Right-tailed test, α = .10, x₁ = 228, n₁, = 240, x₂ = 703, n₂ = 760
b. Left-tailed test, α = .05, x₁ = 36, n₁, = 80, x₂ = 66, n₂ = 120
c. Two-tailed test, α = .05, x₁ = 52, n₁, = 80, x₂ = 56, n₂ = 70

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Gen Combo Ll Applied Statistics In Business & Economics; Connect Access Card

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