Provide an Appropriate Response $z$ , to Test the Hypothesis That P

question 72

Multiple Choice

Provide an appropriate response.
-Find the standardized test statistic estimate, $z$ , to test the hypothesis that p $1 > p _ { 2 }$ . Use $\alpha = 0.01$ . The sample statistics listed below are from independent samples.
Sample statistics: $\mathrm { n } _ { 1 } = 100 , \mathrm { x } _ { 1 } = 38$ , and $\mathrm { n } _ { 2 } = 140 , \mathrm { x } _ { 2 } = 50$

• A) \(0.362\)
• B) \(2.116\)
• C) \(1.324\)
• D) \(0.638\)

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