A University Wants to Increase Its Retention Rate of 4

question 52

Multiple Choice

A university wants to increase its retention rate of 4% for graduating students from the previous year.After implementing several new programs during the last two years,the university reevaluated its retention rate using a random sample of 352 students and retained 18 students.Should the university continue its new programs? State the critical value required to perform an appropriate hypothesis test using α = 0.10.

• A)1.645
• B)2.576
• C)3.09
• D)1.282
• E)1.96

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