According to the Pew report, 14.6% of newly married couples in 2008 reported that their spouse was of another race or ethnicity (CNNLiving, June 7, 2010). In a similar survey in 1980, only 6.8% of newlywed couples reported marrying outside their race or ethnicity. Suppose both of these surveys were conducted on 120 newly married couples. UseTable 1.

Letp₁represent the population proportion in 2008 andp₂the population proportion in 1980.

a.Specify the competing hypotheses to test the claim that there is an increase in the proportion of people who marry outside their race or ethnicity.

a. H₀:p₁p₂= 0;H_A:p₁p₂ 0

b. H₀:p₁p₂ 0;H_A:p₁p₂> 0

c. H₀:p₁p₂ 0;H_A:p₁p₂< 0

b.What is the value of the test statistic and the associatedp-value?(Round intermediate calculations to at least 4 decimal places, "Test statistic" value to 2 decimal places and "p-value" to 4 decimal places.)

At the 5% level of significance, what is the conclusion?

a. RejectH₀since thep-value is less than .

b. RejectH₀since thep-value is more than .

c. Do not rejectH₀since thep-value is less than .

d. Do not rejectH₀since thep-value is more than .