Smoking
in an Effort to Test the Hypothesis That the Proportion

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Essay

Smoking
In an effort to test the hypothesis that the proportion of males who smoke cigarettes regularly is greater than the proportion of females who smoke cigarettes regularly,the following data was collected.
$$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | } \hline \text { Mopulation } & \text { Number Wha Smoke } & \text { Sample Sire } \\\hline \text { Male } & \mathbf { 2 2 9 } & \mathbf { 850 } \\\hline \text { Female } & 180 & 775 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Use $\alpha$ = 0.05.State the decision rule in terms of the critical value.

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