An educator estimates that the dropout rate for seniors at high schools in Colorado is 15%. Last year in a random sample of 300 Colorado seniors, 34 withdrew from school. At α = 0.05 level of significance, is there enough evidence to reject the educator’s claim?     Yes, because the p-value is 0.075     No, because the p-value is 0.075     Yes, because the p-value is 0.038     Yes, because the p-value is greater than 0.15

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  1. An educator estimates that the dropout rate for seniors at high schools in Colorado is 15%. Last year in a random sample of 300 Colorado seniors, 34 withdrew from school. At α = 0.05 level of significance, is there enough evidence to reject the educator’s claim?

       

    Yes, because the p-value is 0.075

       

    No, because the p-value is 0.075

       

    Yes, because the p-value is 0.038

       

    Yes, because the p-value is greater than 0.15

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