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According to U.S census estimates there were about 20 million children between 8 and 12 years...

According to U.S census estimates there were about 20 million children between 8 and 12 years old( referred to as tweens) in the united states in 2009. A recent survey of 1, 223 8- to 12 -year-old children ( S. Jayson , it's cooler than ever to be a tween.''USA today February 4, 2009 pp, 1A, 2A) reported the following results, Suppose that the survey was based on 600 boys and 623 girls.

What tween did in the past week Boys girls

Played a game on a video 498 243

Game system

Read a book for fun 276 324

Gave product advice to parents 186 181

Shopped a mall 144 262

For each type of activity, determine whether there is a difference between boys and girls at the 0.05 level of significance.

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