The Human Resources Manager of a Consumer Product Company Asked $\alpha$

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Essay

The human resources manager of a consumer product company asked a random sample of employees how they felt about the work they were doing. The following table gives a breakdown of their responses by whether the employee is part time or full time (aka work status). Do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that the level of job satisfaction is related to their work status? Use $\alpha$ = 0.10. $$\begin{array}{l}\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\text { Response }\\\begin{array} { | l | c c c | } \hline \text { Gender } & \text { Very Interesting } & \text { Fairly Interesting } & \text { Not Interesting } \\\hline \text { Full time } & 70 & 41 & 9 \\\text { Part time } & 35 & 34 & 11 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$

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