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

question 43

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.
-A report on the nightly news broadcast stated that 10 out of 129 households with pet dogs were burglarized and 23 out of 197 without pet dogs were burglarized.

• A) z = -1.148
• B) z = -0.002
• C) z = -0.459
• D) z = -1.952

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