Question

Of interest is whether the percent of managers at High Tech Inc. that pay over $8 per day for lunch is the same as the percent of technicians. Sixty managers are surveyed and forty-six of them pay over $8 per day for lunch. One hundred forty-nine technicians are surveyed and ninety-eight of them pay over $8 per day for lunch. The hypothesis test to use is Group of answer choices matched or paired samples two proportions independent group means, population standard deviations unknown independent group means, population standard deviations known.

Answer 1

comparison of two sample proportions independent

Explanation:

Given that the percent of managers at High Tech Inc. that pay over $8 per day for lunch is the same as the percent of technicians.

The data can be given as follows:

The samples are as follows

Managers 60 149

Who paid >8 46 98

Hence we compare sample proportions here.

The appropriate test would be

comparison of two sample proportions independent