Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Review - Review Exercises - Page 583: 11

Answer

$z_0\lt z_{\frac{α}{2}}$: null hypothesis is not rejected. There is not enough evidence to conclude that the proportion of individuals who feel jury duty is a civic duty differs from the proportion of individuals who feel voting is a civic duty.

Work Step by Step

$H_0:~p_1=p_2$ versus $H_1:~p_1\ne p_2$ $z_0=\frac{|f_{12}-f_{21}|-1}{\sqrt {f_{12}+f_{21}}}=\frac{|65-45|-1}{\sqrt {65+45}}=1.81$ $z_{\frac{α}{2}}=z_{0.025}$ If the area of the standard normal curve to the right of $z_{0.025}$ is 0.025, then the area of the standard normal curve to the left of $z_{0.025}$ is $1−0.025=0.975$ According to Table V, the z-score which gives the closest value to 0.975 is 1.96. Since $z_0\lt z_{\frac{α}{2}}$, we do not reject the null hypothesis.
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