Many companies have chosen to outsource segments of their business to external providers in order to cut costs and improve quality and/or efficiencies. Common business segments that are outsourced include Information Technology (IT) and Human Resources (HR). The data below show the types of outsourcing decisions made (no outsourcing, IT only, HR only, both IT and HR) by a sample of companies from various industry sectors.

Do these data highlight significant differences in outsourcing by industry sector?
a) Select the appropriate procedure.
b) Check the assumptions.
c) State the hypotheses.
d) Test an appropriate hypothesis and state your results.
e) Interpret the meaning of the results and state a conclusion.

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Both IT Outsourcing ITOnly HR Only and HR No Health Care 4725 810 263 6429 1127 Financial e Industrial Goods S Consumer Goods 1598 1269 341 1031 305 197