Assume That You Plan to Use a Significance Level Of \alpha

question 114

Multiple Choice

Assume that you plan to use a significance level of $\alpha = 0.05 \text { to test the claim that } \mathrm { p } _ { 1 } = \mathrm { p } _ { 2 }$ . Use the given sample sizes and
numbers of successes to find the z test statistic for the hypothesis test.
-A report on the nightly news broadcast stated that 13 out of 103 households with pet dogs were burglarized and 23 out of 177 without pet dogs were burglarized.

• A) \(z = 0.000\)
• B) \(z = - 0.153\)
• C) \(z = - 0.036\)
• D) \(\mathrm { z } = - 0.090\)

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