TABLE 12-6 The Dean of a College Is Interested in the Proportion

question 36

Short Answer

TABLE 12-6
The dean of a college is interested in the proportion of graduates from his college who have a job offer on graduation day. He is particularly interested in seeing if there is a difference in this proportion for accounting and economics majors. In a random sample of 100 of each type of major at graduation, he found that 65 accounting majors and 52 economics majors
had job offers. If the accounting majors are designated as "Group 1" and the economics majors are designated as "Group 2," perform the appropriate hypothesis test using a level of significance of 0.05.
-Referring to Table 12-6, the p-value of the test is_____ .

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Definitions:

House of Commons

The lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, comprising Members of Parliament who are elected to represent constituencies.

Senate

A legislative or governing body in various countries, often part of a bicameral system, tasked with making and passing laws.

Majority of Seats

The condition where more than half of the available positions or seats within a particular assembly, such as a parliament or council, are held or occupied by members of a specific party or group.

Extradition

The formal process whereby one country or jurisdiction surrenders an individual to another country or jurisdiction where that individual is accused or convicted of a crime.