Instruction 10-12 A Corporation Randomly Selects 150 Salespeople and Finds That 66

question 21

Multiple Choice

Instruction 10-12
A corporation randomly selects 150 salespeople and finds that 66% who have never taken a self-improvement course would like such a course. The firm did a similar study 10 years ago in which 60% of a random sample of 160 salespeople wanted a self-improvement course. The groups are assumed to be independent random samples. Let π₁ and π₂ represent the true proportion of workers who would like to attend a self-improvement course in the recent study and the past study, respectively.
-Referring to Instruction 10-12,what is/are the critical value(s) when testing whether population proportions are different if α = 0.10?

• A) -1.96
• B) ± 1.645
• C) ± 2.08
• D) ± 1.96

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Definitions:

Projection

A defense mechanism where individuals attribute their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person.

Oedipus Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory describing a child's feelings of desire for their opposite-sex parent and jealousy and envy toward their same-sex parent.

Erogenous Zones

Areas of the body that experience heightened sensitivity and can lead to sexual arousal when stimulated.

Orally Fixated

describes a person in Freudian psychology who is said to have unresolved conflicts during the oral stage of development, potentially leading to behaviors centered around oral stimulation.