To test the fairness of law enforcement in Bartow County, a local citizens' group want to know whether women and men are unequally likely to get speeding tickets. Two hundred adults in Bartow County are randomly phoned and asked whether or not they had been cited for speeding in the last year. For a sample of 114 women, 12 were ticketed and 102 were not ticketed. For a

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To test the fairness of law enforcement in Bartow County, a local citizens' group want to know whether women and men are unequally likely to get speeding tickets. Two hundred adults in Bartow County are randomly phoned and asked whether or not they had been cited for speeding in the last year. For a sample of 114 women, 12 were ticketed and 102 were not ticketed. For a sample of 86 men, 11 were ticketed and 75 were not ticketed. Use a 0.05 level of significance to test the claim that women and men are unequally likely to get speeding tickets. Women are sample proportion 1. Men are sample proportion 2.

What is the z-test statistic for this problem? Round the answer to two decimal places.

What is the p-value for this problem? Round the answer to three decimal places.

What is the conclusion when you compare the p-value and the level of significance,?

What is the conclusion based on the original claim?  

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