The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Globoforce collaborated on a series of organizational surveys with the goal of identifying challenges that HR leaders face and what strategies help them conquer those challenges. In results published in 2015, employee retention/turnover (40%) and employee engagement (39%) were cited as the most important organizational challenges currently faced by HR professionals.

One strategy that may have an impact on employee retention, turnover, and engagement is a successful employee recognition program. As part of their surveys, SHRM and Globoforce showed that 278 (74%) of 376 organizations with 500 to 2,499 employees have employee recognition programs as compared to 316 (84%) of 376 organizations with 2,500+ employees. (Data extracted from SHRM Survey Findings, bit.ly/1NltiQZ).

a. At the 0.01 level of significance, is there evidence of a significant difference between organizations with 500 to 2,499 employees and organizations with 2,500+ employees with respect to the proportion that have employee recognition programs?

b. Determine the p-value in (a) and interpret is meaning.

c. Compare the results of (a) and (b) to those of Problem 10.32 on page 331.