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ISBN: 9780321826275
Author: Richard D. De Veaux
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 17, Problem 24E
Educated mothers The National Center for Education Statistics monitors many aspects of elementary and secondary education nationwide. Their 1996 numbers are often used as a baseline to assess changes. In 1996, 31% of students reported that their mothers had graduated from college. In 2000, responses from 8368 students found that this figure had grown to 32%. Is this evidence of a change in education level among mothers?
- a) Write appropriate hypotheses.
- b) Check the assumptions and conditions.
- c) Perform the test and find the P-value.
- d) State your conclusion.
- e) Do you think this difference is meaningful? Explain.
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