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What hypothesis testing procedure would you use in the following situations? Explain your reasons, including assumptions and limitations for selecting the procedure.

A test classifies applicants as accepted or rejected. Based on 200 applicants, test the hypothesis that ad placement success is not related to gender.

A company manufactures and markets automobiles in two different countries. You want to know if the gas mileage is the same for vehicles from both facilities. There are samples of 45 units from each facility.

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The solution examines hypothesis testing procedures and tests that classifies if applicants will be accepted or rejected. The solution examines a company manufacturing automobiles.

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What hypothesis testing procedure would you use in the following situations? Explain your reasons, including assumptions and limitations for selecting the procedure.

A test classifies applicants as accepted or rejected. Based on 200 applicants, test the hypothesis that ad placement success is not related to gender.

I would use the Chi-square test of independence for this. The data for the test are counts which can be arranged in a table like the one below. The cells of the table contain the number of applicants that fall into the four categories.

The chi-square test of independence tests the null hypothesis that gender and classification are independent vs. the alternative hypothesis that there is a relationship between the two variables (classification ...

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