Comparing Two Independent Population Proportions · Try It 10

A government researcher is investigating whether there is a difference in the use of helmets by motorcyclists in different geographic regions for those states where use of helmets is required by law. The research shows that for motorcyclists in the northeast U.S., 7622 out of 113,231 motorcyclists did not wear helmets. In the southeast U.S., 7439 out of 104,873 motorcyclists did not wear helmets. Test at a 5% significance level. Answer the following questions:

h. At the ___ level of significance, from the sample data, there ______ (is/is not) sufficient evidence to conclude that ____________.

This exercise has fill-in blanks from its source book and no answer key.

OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §10.3 Comparing Two Independent Population Proportions · Try It 10