Consider the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 34

Multiple Choice

Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
A company manufacturing computer chips finds that 8% of all chips manufactured are defective. Management is concerned that high employee turnover is partially responsible for the high defect rate. In an effort to decrease the percentage of defective chips, management decides to provide additional training to those employees hired within the last year. After training was implemented, a sample of 450 chips revealed only 27 defects. Was the additional training effective in lowering the defect rate?
-The P-value associated with the test statistic is

• A) 0.01.
• B) 0.05.
• C) 0.2339.
• D) 0.0594.
• E) 0.0075.

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Definitions:

Natural Rate of Unemployment

The level of unemployment expected in an economy when it is operating at full capacity, not influenced by short-term economic fluctuations.

Labor Underutilization

A situation where workers' skills, time, or abilities are not fully utilized in their current employment situation.

Labor Underutilization

A broader measure of unemployment that includes people who are not actively looking for work, but who would work if a job was available, and part-time workers who would prefer full-time positions.

Labor-Force Participation Rate

The rate of the labor force participants who are of working age, encompassing those in employment and those actively searching for a job.