High schooldrop-out rates in a certain country have decreased from nearly 17% in 1990-1991 to 8% in 2008-2009. However the rate in rural areas is 15%, nearly double. A pilot program aimed at keeping students in school in rural areas reported that in the first year of operation 227 of the 1756 students that participated in the program had dropped out of high school. Does this provide evidence that the pilot program has beeneffective? Explain. Use a significance level of =0.05.

Determine the hypotheses for this test

Compute the test statistic.

Calculate theP-value

Is there evidence that the pilot program has beeneffective? Explain