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Author: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran
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Chapter 9.5, Problem 37E
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 11.3% of U.S. workers belong to unions (BLS website, January 2014). Suppose a sample of 400 U.S. workers is collected in 2014 to determine whether union efforts to organize have increased union membership.
- a. Formulate the hypotheses that can be used to determine whether union membership increased in 2014.
- b. If the sample results show that 52 of the workers belonged to unions, what is the p-value for your hypothesis test?
- c. At α = .05, what is your conclusion?
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