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The careers of 50 males who at the age of eighteen years were over 180 cm tall were compared with those of 100 males who at the age eighteen years were under 170 cm tall. It was found that 12 men in both groups become administrators. Do you believe that this study provides reasonably convincing evidence that height is a factor in determining a man's chance of becoming an administrator?

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See attached excel file. So the result of the Fisher Exact Test is that height is a significant factor at the 5% level on men ...

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