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

question 169

Multiple Choice

Assume that you plan to use a significance level of $\alpha = 0.05$ test the claim that p $\mathrm { p } _ { 1 } = \mathrm { p } _ { 2 }$ . Use the given sample sizes and
numbers of successes to find the z test statistic for the hypothesis test.
-In a vote on the Clean Water bill, 46% of the 205 Democrats voted for the bill while 48% of the 230 Republicans voted for it.

• A) z = -0.417
• B) z = -0.250
• C) z = -0.459
• D) z = -0.354

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