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A powerful women's group has claimed that men and women differ in attitudes about sexual discrimination. A group of 50 men (group 1) and 40 women (group 2) were asked if they thought sexual discrimination is a problem in the United States. Eleven of the men and 19 of the women of those sampled did believe that sexual discrimination is a problem.

a) Find the value of the test statistic.
b) Would you reject Ho and why?

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This solution provides the value of a test statistic based on a sample.

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