Question 8.40

8.40 More on demographics.

CASE 8.2 In the previous exercise, we arbitrarily chose to state the hypotheses in terms of the proportion of rural respondents. We could as easily have used the proportion of urban respondents.

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  1. Write hypotheses in terms of the proportion of urban residents to examine how well the sample represents the state in regard to rural versus urban residence.
  2. Perform the test of significance and summarize the results.
  3. Compare your results with the results of the previous exercise. Summarize and generalize your conclusion.