Ophelia O'Brien, VP of Consumer Credit of Credit First Banks $\alpha$

question 38

Multiple Choice

Ophelia O'Brien, VP of Consumer Credit of Credit First Banks (CFB) , monitors the default rate on personal loans at the CFB member banks. One of her standards is "no more than 5% of personal loans should be in default." On each Friday, the default rate is calculated for a sample of 500 personal loans. Last Friday's sample contained 30 defaulted loans. Using $\alpha$ = 0.10, the test statistic is ___.

• A) 1.03
• B) -1.03
• C) 0.046
• D) -0.046
• E) 1.33

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