Is the high school dropout rate higher for males or females? A random sample of population regions gave the following information about percentage of 15- to 19-year-olds who are high school dropouts

Does this information indicate that the dropout rates for males and females are different (either way)? Use a = 0.01.

(a) What is the level of signi­ficance? State the null and alternate hypotheses.

(b) Compute the sample test statistic. What is the sampling distribution?

(c) Find the P-value of the sample test statistic.

(d) Conclude the test.

(e) Interpret the conclusion in the context of the application.

Region 1 234 5 67 89 10 Male 7.3 7.5 7.7 21.8 4.2 12.2 3.5 4.2 8.09.7 7.5 6.4 6.0 20.02.6 5.2 3.1 4.9 10.8 Region 112 Male Female 14 15 16 17 8 9 20 14.1 3.6 3.6 4.0 5.2 6.915.6 6.3 8.0 6.5 15.6 6.3 4.0 3.9 9.8 9.8 12.0 3.3 7. 8.2