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Preparing to Test a Claim about a Population Proportion

Question 2 • AQR_A_IC

According to historical data, it is believed that 12% of American adults work more than one job. To investigate if this claim is still accurate, a random sample of 100 American adults is selected. It is discovered that 18 of them work more than one job. A researcher would like to know if the data provide convincing evidence that the true proportion of American adults who work more than one job differs from 12%. What are the values of the test statistic and P-value for this test?Find the z-table here.

Answer
A
z = 1.85, P-value = 0.0322
B
z = –1.85, P-value = 0.0322
C
z = 1.85, P-value = 0.0644
D
z = –1.85, P-value = 0.0644
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