A New Manager,hired at a Large Warehouse,was Told to Reduce

question 24

Multiple Choice

A new manager,hired at a large warehouse,was told to reduce the employee sick leave.The manager introduced a new incentive program for employees with perfect attendance.The manager later compares the sick leave rate prior to the program starting (65 out of 250 employees were sick) to the sick leave rate one month into the program (60 out of 253 employees were sick) .Construct a 98% confidence interval for the difference in the proportions of sick employees prior to the program and one month into the program.

• A)(-0.0405,0.0862)
• B)(0.0668,0.1125)
• C)(-0.0764,0.1221)
• D)(-0.0668,0.1125)
• E)(-0.0527,0.0984)

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