The Institute of Education Sciences Measures the High School Dropout

question 72

Multiple Choice

The Institute of Education Sciences measures the high school dropout rate as the percentage of 16- through 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school credential.In 2009,the high school dropout rate was 8.1%.A polling company recently took a survey of 1,000 people between the ages of 16 and 24 and found that 6.5% of them are high school dropouts.The polling company would like to determine whether the dropout rate has decreased.At a 5% significance level,the p-value and α are _____________________.

• A) p-value = 0.0210 and α = 0.05
• B) p-value = 0.0319 and α = 0.05
• C) p-value = 0.0210 and α = 0.025
• D) p-value = 0.0319 and α = 0.025

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