Find the Standardized Test Statistic $\mathrm { z }$ To Test the Hypothesis That

question 17

Multiple Choice

Find the standardized test statistic, $\mathrm { z }$ to test the hypothesis that $\mathrm { p } _ { 1 } = \mathrm { p } _ { 2 }$ . Use $\alpha = 0.05$ . The sample statistics listed below are from independent samples.
Sample statistics: $\mathrm { n } _ { 1 } = 50 , \mathrm { x } _ { 1 } = 35$ , and $\mathrm { n } _ { 2 } = 60 , \mathrm { x } _ { 2 } = 40$

• A) 0.374
• B) 0.982
• C) 1.328
• D) 2.361

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