A sequence of political party affiliations of recent presidents of the United States is shown below, where R represents Republican and D represents Democrat. Can the runs test be used to show the proportion of Republicans is significantly greater than the proportion of Democrats?

R R R R D R D R R R D R R R D D R D D R R D R R D R D

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Part 1

Choose the correct answer below.

A.

No, because the runs test can only be used to determine whether the two proportions are equal.

B.

No, because the order in which the sample data are presented was not chosen randomly.

C.

No, because the runs test can only be used to determine whether the sequence of political parties is not random.

D.

No, because at least one of the categories has too few data values.

E.

No, because there are only two separate categories.

F.

Yes, because all of the requirements of the runs test are satisfied.