Question 14.87

propertytax

17. Property Taxes. You want to move to either a small town in Ohio or a small town in North Carolina. You did some research on property taxes in each state and chose the two independent random samples shown in the table below. The data represent the property taxes in dollars for a residence assessed at $250,000. Test whether the population median property tax in Ohio differs from that in North Carolina, using level of significance .

Ohio 270 315 177 245 180 292 291 298
270 165 400 268 289 285 225
North Carolina 206 129 176 120 154 123 164 147
207 138 143 201
Table 14.52: Source: U.S. Census Bureau.