A powerful women's group has claimed that men and women differ in attitudes about sexual discrimination. A group of 50 men (group 1) and 40 women (group 2) were asked if they thought
Sexual discrimination is a problem in the United States. Of those sampled, 11 of the men and 19
Of the women did believe that sexual discrimination is a problem. Which of the following tests
Will you use to find out if there is any difference in attitudes about sexual discrimination?
A) Pooled-variance t test.
B) Paired t test.
C) Z test for difference in proportions.
D) Wilcoxon rank sum test.

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The Z test for difference in proportions is used to compare the proportions of two independent groups. In this case, we are comparing the proportion of men who believe that sexual discrimination is a problem to the proportion of women who believe that sexual discrimination is a problem.

A Powerful Women's Group Has Claimed That Men and Women