You    want    to    test    whether    the    proportion    of    men    who    smoke    is    different    than    the    proportion    of     women    who    smoke.        In    a    random    sample    of    200    males    and    200    females,    62    of    the    males    smoke    and     54    of    the    females    smoke.        Is    there    evidence    of    a    statistically    significant    difference    in    the    proportion     of male    versus    female    smokers,    at    the    1%    significance    level?

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 You    want    to    test    whether    the    proportion    of    men    who    smoke    is    different    than    the    proportion    of    
women    who    smoke.        In    a    random    sample    of    200    males    and    200    females,    62    of    the    males    smoke    and    
54    of    the    females    smoke.        Is    there    evidence    of    a    statistically    significant    difference    in    the    proportion    
of male    versus    female    smokers,    at    the    1%    significance    level?    

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