A Math Professor Has Observed Over Several Years That About

question 46

Multiple Choice

A Math professor has observed over several years that about 38% of the students who initially major in Math drop out of the program after their freshman year.The department head suggested making the curriculum easier by taking a couple of 300 level courses out of the requirements.With the new curriculum intact,207 began their freshman year as Math majors and only 59 dropped out of the program.Should the college continue with the easier curriculum? State the critical value required to perform an appropriate hypothesis test using α = 0.05.

• A)1.96
• B)-1.96
• C)1.645
• D)-1.282
• E)-1.645

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Observational Learning

The process of learning by observing the behaviors of others and the outcomes of those behaviors.

Retains

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