According to a recent survey, 59% of Americans aged 8 to 17 would prefer that their mother work outside the home, regardless of what she does now. A school district psychologist decided to select three samples of 60 students each in elementary, middle, and high school to see how the students in her district felt about the issue. At α = 0.10, test the claim that the proportions of the students who prefer that their mother have a job are equal.

Perform the following steps.
a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.
b. Find the critical value.
c. Compute the test value.
d. Make the decision.
e. Summarize the results.
Use the traditional method of hypothesis testing unless otherwise specified.

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Elementary Middle High Prefers mother work Prefers mother not work 29 31 60 38 51 Total 60 60