The Institute of Education Sciences Measures the High School Dropout

question 24

Multiple Choice

The Institute of Education Sciences measures the high school dropout rate as the percentage of 16-through 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school credential. Last year, the high school dropout rate was 8.1%. A polling company recently took a survey of 1,000 people between the ages of 16 and 24 and found that 6.5% of them are high school dropouts. The polling company would like to determine whether the dropout rate has decreased. At a 5% significance level, the p-value and α are ________.

• A) p-value = 0.0210 and α = 0.05
• B) p-value = 0.0318 and α = 0.05
• C) p-value = 0.0210 and α = 0.025
• D) p-value = 0.0318 and α = 0.025

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Definitions:

Survivorship Curve

A graph showing the number or proportion of individuals surviving to each age for a given species or group.

R-selected

A trait in certain species characterized by high reproduction rates, many offspring, and minimal parental care.

Eggs

Reproductive cells produced by female organisms in many species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and certain mammals; also, a common food source.

Prereproductive Individuals

Members of a population who are at a life stage before they have reached sexual maturity and are capable of reproduction.