The National Center for Education Statistics Would Like to Test

question 35

Multiple Choice

The National Center for Education Statistics would like to test the hypothesis that the proportion of Bachelor's degrees that were earned by women equals 0.60. A random sample of 140 college graduates with Bachelor degrees found that 75 were women. The National Center for Education Statistics would like to set α = 0.10. The test statistic for this hypothesis test would be _______ .

• A)zp = 2.17
• B)zp = 1.36
• C)zp = - 1.55
• D)zp = - 1.21

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