The National Football League (NFL)is Interested in Testing to See

question 111

Essay

The National Football League (NFL)is interested in testing to see whether there is a difference in the proportion of male fans that prefer instant replay to review officials' calls and the proportion of female fans that prefer instant replay.It is believed that males tend to favor the practice to a higher degree than do females.To test this,random samples of male fans and female fans were selected and the following results were obtained:
Male Fans Female Fans
Sample size 300 100
Number Preferring 234 57
Using a significance level equal to 0.05,what conclusion should be reached based on the sample data?

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