Provide an Appropriate Response $\mathrm { z }$ , to Test the Hypothesis That

question 34

Multiple Choice

Provide an appropriate response.
-Find the standardized test statistic, $\mathrm { z }$ , to test the hypothesis that $\mathrm { p } 1 \neq \mathrm { p } _ { 2 }$ . Use $\alpha = 0.02$ . The sample statistics listed below are from independent samples.
Sample statistics: $\mathrm { n } _ { 1 } = 1000 , \mathrm { x } _ { 1 } = 250$ , and $\mathrm { n } _ { 2 } = 1200 , \mathrm { x } _ { 2 } = 195$

• A) \(5.087\)
• B) \(2.798\)
• C) \(4.761\)
• D) \(3.212\)

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