A 2003 New York Times/CBS News poll sampled 523 adults who were planning a vacation during the

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A 2003 New York Times/CBS News poll sampled 523 adults who were planning a vacation during the next six months and found that 141 were expecting to travel by airplane (New York Times News Service, March 2, 2003). A similar survey question in a May 1993 New York Times/CBS News poll found that of 477 adults who were planning a vacation in the next six months, 81 were expecting to travel by airplane.
a. State the hypotheses that can be used to determine whether a significant change occurred in the population proportion planning to travel by airplane over the 10-year period.
b. What is the sample proportion expecting to travel by airplane in 2003? In 1993?
c. Use α = .01 and test for a significant difference. What is your conclusion?
d. Discuss reasons that might provide an explanation for this conclusion.
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Statistics For Business And Economics

ISBN: 9780538481649

11th Edition

Authors: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams

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