a. State the hypotheses for testing if a significant difference exists between the two population proportions. H0 : p1−p2= ? 0 H1 : p1−p2 = ? 0  b. Calculate the test statistic. z=   Round to two decimal places if necessary Enter 0 if normal approximation cannot be used c. Determine the critical value(s) and state the rejection region for the null hypothesis at a=0.2�=0.2. = Round to two decimal places if necessary Enter 0 if normal approximation cannot be used d. Conclude whether to reject the null hypothesis or not based on the test statistic.

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The following summary statistics are obtained from two independent populations:
x1=18 n1=80
x2=44 n2=120 
x1 and x2 represent the number of successes in samples of sizes n1 and n2 respectively.
Standard Normal Distribution Table
a. State the hypotheses for testing if a significant difference exists between the two population proportions.

H0 : p1−p2= ? 0

H1 : p1−p2 = ? 0 

b. Calculate the test statistic.
z=
 
Round to two decimal places if necessary
Enter 0 if normal approximation cannot be used
c. Determine the critical value(s) and state the rejection region for the null hypothesis at a=0.2�=0.2.

=

Round to two decimal places if necessary
Enter 0 if normal approximation cannot be used
d. Conclude whether to reject the null hypothesis or not based on the test statistic.
Reject
Fail to Reject
Cannot Use Normal Approximation
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