An article claimed that \"those with a college degree reported a higher incidenc

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An article claimed that "those with a college degree reported a higher incidence of sunburn than those without a high school degree—41 percent versus 24 percent." For purposes of this exercise, suppose that these percentages were based on random samples of size 200 from each of the two groups of interest (college graduates and those without a high school degree). (Use a statistical computer package to calculate the P-value. Use pcollege graduates pwithout a high school degree. Round your test statistic to two decimal places and your P-value to four decimal places.)

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Test Statistic
Sample 1 : X1 =82, n1 =200, P1= X1/n1=0.41
Sample 2 : X2 =48, n2 =200, P2= X2/n2=0.24
Finding a P^ value For Proportion P^=(X1 + X2 ) / (n1+n2)
P^=0.33
Q^ Value For Proportion= 1-P^=0.68
we use Test Statistic (Z) = (P1-P2)/(P^Q^(1/n1+1/n2))
Zo =(0.41-0.24)/Sqrt((0.325*0.68(1/200+1/200))
Zo =3.63
P-Value: Two Tailed ( double the one tail ) -Ha : ( P != 3.6296 ) = 0.0003

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