Reconsider the tax holiday data of Exercise 60(b) in Chapter 10. Use a 2 statistic to

Reconsider the tax holiday data of Exercise 60(b) in Chapter 10. Use a χ² statistic to test the hypothesis of equal population proportions. The χ² statistic should be the square of the z statistic in that exercise. How are the P-values related?

Data From Chapter 10 Exercise 60(b)

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b. In the same study, 195 of 250 men said the tax holiday was important in their decision to shop, compared to 370 of 445 women. Test the hypothesis that women are more likely than men to consider the tax holiday important, at the 5% significance level.