Some people are concerned that new tougher standards and high stakes tests adopted in many states may drive up the dropout rate. The National Center for Education Statistics reported that the high school dropout rate for the year 2000 was 10.9%. One school district, whose dropout rate has always been very close to the national average, reports that 210 of their 1782 students dropped out last year. Use this sample data and a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the national high school dropout rate is now greater than 10.9%. the p value,

Some people are concerned that new tougher standards and high stakes tests adopted in many states may drive up the dropout rate. The National Center for Education Statistics reported that the high school dropout rate for the year 2000 was 10.9%. One school district, whose dropout rate has always been very close to the national average, reports that 210 of their 1782 students dropped out last year. Use this sample data and a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the national high school dropout rate is now greater than 10.9%. the p value,

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section11.4: Collecting Data

Problem 3E

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