The University of Arkansas recently approved out of statetuition discounts for high school students from any state. Thestudents must qualify by meeting certain standards in terms of GPAand standardized test scores. The goal of this new policy is toincrease the geographic diversity of students from states beyondArkansas and its border states. Historically, 90% of all newstudents came from Arkansas or a bordering state. Ginger, a studentat the U of A, sampled 180 new students the following year andfound that 157 of the new students came from Arkansas or abordering state. Does Ginger’s study provide enough evidence toindicate that this new policy is effective with a level ofsignificance 10%? What would be the correct decision?
Reject H0; conclude that the new policy does not increase thepercentage of students from states that don’t border Arkansas |
| | Fail to reject H0; conclude that the new policy increases thepercentage of students from states that don’t border Arkansas |
| | Reject H0; conclude that the new policy increases the percentageof students from states that don’t border Arkansas |
| | Fail to reject H0; conclude that the new policy does notincrease the percentage of students from states that don’t borderArkansas |
