If You Wish to Determine Whether There Is Evidence That

question 33

Multiple Choice

If you wish to determine whether there is evidence that the proportion of items of interest is higher in group 1 than in group 2,the appropriate test to use is

• A)the Z test for the difference between two proportions.
• B)the F test for the ratio of variances.
• C)the pooled-variance t test for the difference between two proportions.
• D)the F test for the difference between two proportions.

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