The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article indicating differences in perception of sexual harassment on the job between men and women.The article claimed that women perceived the problem to be much more prevalent than did men.One question asked to both men and women was: "Do you think sexual harassment is a major problem in the American workplace?" Some 24% of the men compared to 62% of the women responded "Yes." Suppose that 150 women and 200 men were interviewed.What conclusion should be reached?
A)Using a 0.01 level of significance,there is sufficient evidence to conclude that women perceive the problem of sexual harassment on the job as much more prevalent than do men.
B)There is insufficient evidence to conclude with at least 99% confidence that women perceive the problem of sexual harassment on the job as much more prevalent than do men.
C)There is no evidence of a significant difference between the men and women in their perception.
D)More information is needed to draw any conclusions from the data set.

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With a significant difference in the percentage of women and men who perceive sexual harassment as a major problem in the workplace (62% vs. 24%), it can be concluded that women perceive it to be a much more prevalent problem. The small p-value (less than 0.01) supports this conclusion, indicating that the difference in perception is unlikely to be due to chance. Therefore, choice A is the best answer.

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