The Human Resources Manager of a Consumer Product Company Asked $\alpha$

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Essay

The human resources manager of a consumer product company asked a random sample of employees how they felt about the work they were doing. The following table gives a breakdown of their responses by whether the employee is part time or full time (aka work status). Do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that the level of job satisfaction is related to their work status? Use $\alpha$ = 0.10.

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

A statistical term describing two or more events that cannot occur simultaneously.

Salvage Value

The estimated residual value of an asset at the end of its useful life, important for depreciation calculations.

Internal Rate Of Return (IRR)

The discount rate that makes the NPV of an investment zero.

Straight-Line Depreciation

A technique for distributing the expense of a physical asset evenly across its lifespan in identical yearly payments.