A recent report suggests that Chief Information Officers (CIO's) who report directly to Chief Financial Officers (CFO's) rather than Chief Executive Officers (CEO's) are more likely to have IT agendas that deal with cost cutting and compliance. In a random sample of

834

companies, it was found that CIO's reported directly to CFO's in

177

out of

552

service firms and in

100

out of

282

manufacturing companies. Complete parts a through c below.

Is there evidence that type of business (service versus manufacturing) and whether or not the CIO reports directly to the CFO are associated? Use a = 0.05. H0. There is evidence that the proportions of ClO's reporting to their CFO's are