The National Center for Education Statistics Would Like to Test

question 3

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 p-value for this hypothesis test would be _______.

• A)0.1008
• B)0.0380
• C)0.1212
• D)0.0174

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