An organization monitors many aspects of elementary and secondary education nationwide. Their 1996 numbers are often used as a baseline to assess changes. In 1996, 36% of students had not been absent from school even once during the previous school year. In the 2000 survey, responses from 8424 randomly selected students showed that this figure had slipped to 35%. Officialswould, ofcourse, be concerned if student attendance were declining. Do these figures give evidence of a change in studentattendance?

Perform the test and find theP-value.