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In August 2003, 56% of employed adults in the United States reported that basic mathematical skills were critical or very important to their job. The supervisor of the job placement office at a 4-year college thinks this percentage has increased due to increased use of technology in the workplace. He takes a random sample of 530 employed adults and finds that 324 of them feel that basic mathematical skills are critical or very important to their job. Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportion of employed adults who feel basic mathematical skills are critical or very important to their job has increased at the α = 0.01 level of significance?
The sample proportion is p^ =______- . (Round to 3 decimal
places.)
The test statistic for this test is
z0=_______. (Calculate this value in a
single step in your calculator using the rounded sample proportion
reported above, and report your answer rounded to 3 decimal
places.)
We (reject / fail to
reject) H0.
The given data (does / does
not) provide significant evidence that the proportion of
employed adults who feel that basic mathematical skills are
critical or very important to their job has increased since August
2003.