The graduation rate from high school in a certain county is 76%. A school in that county wants to know if its graduation rate is significantly lower than the county rate. They take a random sample of 300 of the seniors who graduated last year, and find that 223 out of those 300 graduated. What set of hypotheses should be tested in this case?

The graduation rate from high school in a certain county is 76%. A school in that county wants to know if its graduation rate is significantly lower than the county rate. They take a random sample of 300 of the seniors who graduated last year, and find that 223 out of those 300 graduated. What set of hypotheses should be tested in this case?

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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