6. Suppose that the sample unemployment rate for those aged 25–60 is 8% based on a...

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6. Suppose that the sample unemployment rate for thoseaged 25–60 is 8% based on a survey of 150 people, while theunemployment rate for those aged 16–24 is 12% based on a survey of100 people.

(a) Form a 90% confidence interval for the differencebetween the two population unemployment rates.

(b) Construct a test statistic to test the nullhypothesis that the two population rates are the same against thealternative hypothesis that the rate is higher in for those aged16–24, and report the associated P-value.

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level of significance, α =   0.10              
Z critical value =   Z α/2 =    1.645  

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