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1. A polling organization conducted a study to test the claim at the 0.01 significance level, that the "refuse to respond the surveys" proportions are the same for the male and female college students. Among 134 randomly selected students, 9.3% refused to respond on a survey on cheating while among 154 male college students, 14.6% refused to respond to the same survey. Determine test statistic, critical values, p-value, and conclusion.

2. Determine the number of successes generated by the statement.
Among 35 inspections, 75% failed.

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I think the first proportion given is that of female students. Otherwise it is not possible to calculate.

1. A polling organization conducted a study to test the claim at the 0.01 significance level, that the "refuse to respond the surveys" proportions are the same for the male and female college students. Among 134 randomly ...

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