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Employment Program a City Council Must Decide Whether to Fund

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Employment program A city council must decide whether to fund a new
"welfare-to-work" program to assist long-time unemployed people in finding jobs. This
program would help clients fill out job applications and give them advice about dealing with job interviews. A six-month trial has just ended. At the start of this trial a number of unemployed residents were randomly divided into two groups; one group went through the help program and the other group did not. Data about employment at the end of this
trial are shown in the table. Should the city council fund this program? Test an appropriate hypothesis and state your conclusion.  Current job status  Employed  Unemployed  Group 1  (Help program) 2034 Group 2  (No help) 1333\begin{array}{|c|c|c|}\hline&{\text { Current job status }} \\\hline & \text { Employed } & \text { Unemployed } \\\hline \begin{array}{c}\text { Group 1 } \\\text { (Help program) }\end{array} & 20 & 34 \\\hline \begin{array}{c}\text { Group 2 } \\\text { (No help) }\end{array} & 13 & 33 \\\hline\end{array}

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