Does a stock price fluctuate randomly from day to day? A stock analyst selected 45 consecutive days in 2015 in which the stock of Boeing Corporation was traded and computed the daily percentage change in the stock. He indicated positive percentage changes with a P and negative percentage changes with an N. The results are in the following table. What conclusion will the analyst reach if he tests the hypothesis that the stock price fluctuates randomly from day to day at the α = 0.05 level of significance?

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Return Date Return Date Return Date 2/24 3/17 4/8 P 2/25 3/18 4/9 2/26 3/19 4/10 2/27 3/20 4/13 3/2 3/23 4/14 3/3 3/24 4/15 3/4 3/25 N 4/16 3/5 3/26 4/17 3/27 3/6 4/20 3/9 3/30 4/21 3/10 3/31 N. 4/22 3/11 4/1 4/23 3/12 4/2 4/24 3/13 4/6 4/27 3/16 4/7 4/28 zz z za z zz z z P'