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?" 24% of the men compared to 62% of the women responded "Yes." Suppose that 150 women and 200 men were interviewed. What is the value of the test statistic?
A) 7.173
B) 7.106
C) 6.635
D) 2.33

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The test statistic is calculated using the formula for the difference between two proportions. The proportions are 0.62 for women and 0.24 for men, with sample sizes of 150 and 200, respectively. The test statistic value is approximately 7.173.

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