The Managing Director of a Breakfast Cereal Manufacturer Claims That

question 26

Essay

The managing director of a breakfast cereal manufacturer claims that families in which both spouses work are much more likely to be consumers of his product than those with only one working spouse. To prove his point, he commissions a survey of 300 families in which both spouses work and 300 families with only one working spouse. Each family is asked whether the company's cereal is eaten for breakfast. The results are shown below. $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline & \begin{array} { l } \text { Two spouses } \\\text { working }\end{array} & \text { One spouse working } \\\hline \text { Eat cereal } & 114 & 87 \\\hline \text { Don't eat cereal } & 186 & 213 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Use the p-value method to test the managing director's claim, at a 5% significance level of
significance.

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Definitions:

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refers to the obligation of individuals, organizations, and governments to act in a way that benefits society at large, beyond their own interests.

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