We Are Testing the Hypothesis That the Proportion of Winter-Quarter

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Short Answer

We are testing the hypothesis that the proportion of winter-quarter profit growth is more than 2 percent greater for consumer industry companies (CON)than for banking companies (BKG).At α = .10,given that can we reject the null hypothesis?

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