Instruction 15-5 A Corporation Randomly Selects 150 Salespeople and Finds That 66

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Instruction 15-5
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 15-5,the company tests to determine at the 0.05 level whether the population proportion has changed from the previous study.Which of the following is most correct?

• A)Do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the proportion of employees who are interested in a self-improvement course has increased over the intervening 10 years.
• B)Reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the proportion of employees who are interested in a self-improvement course has changed over the intervening 10 years.
• C)Reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the proportion of employees who are interested in a self-improvement course has increased over the intervening 10 years.
• D)Do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the proportion of employees who are interested in a self-improvement course has not changed over the intervening 10 years.

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