Use the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 48

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer the question(s) below.
In economic downturns companies attempt to downsize their workforces by offering early retirement incentives to older employees. A survey of 723 companies found that 195 engage in such downsizing practices.
-The estimated proportion of companies that downsize their workforces by offering early retirement incentives is

• A) 0.50.
• B) 0.73.
• C) 0.195.
• D) 0.27.
• E) 0.67.

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