In a Survey of 500 Randomly Selected Corporate CEOs and 1000

question 101

Multiple Choice

In a survey of 500 randomly selected corporate CEOs and 1000 randomly selected small business owners, a minority of both the CEOs and the small business owners sampled cited government over-regulation as a significant problem. You use a chi-square test to test the hypothesis that the proportion of individuals who hold this opinion is the same in both populations represented here.The p-value for the sample result turns out to be 0.0831.If the significance level for the test is 5%, what should you conclude?

• A)The proportion of individuals who hold this opinion is the same in both populations.
• B)The proportion of individuals who hold this opinion is not the same in both populations.
• C)You can't reject the hypothesis that the proportion of individuals who hold this opinion is the same in both populations.
• D)You can't accept the hypothesis that the proportion of individuals who hold this opinion is not the same for both populations.