The HR manager at Hernandez Inc.reports that 40% of the company's job applicants have a bachelor's degree, 34% have an associate's degree and the remaining 26% have a high school diploma.You take a simple random sample of 200 applicants and find that 96 have a bachelor's degree, 70 have an associate's degree, and 34 have a high school diploma.You will conduct a chi-square hypothesis test to establish whether this sample result is sufficient to reject a null hypothesis that the composition of Hernandez' job applicant population matches the HR manager's claim.The significance level is 1%. Report the critical chi-square value for your test.
A)10.597
B)4.605
C)5.991
D)9.210

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The Answer of The HR manager at Hernandez Inc.reports that 40% of the company's job applicants have a bachelor's degree, 34% have an associate's degree and the remaining 26% have a high school diploma.You take a simple random sample of 200 applicants and find that 96 have a bachelor's degree, 70 have an associate's degree, and 34 have a high school diploma.You will conduct a chi-square hypothesis test to establish whether this sample result is sufficient to reject a null hypothesis that the composition of Hernandez' job applicant population matches the HR manager's claim.The significance level is 1%. Report the critical chi-square value for your test.
A)10.597
B)4.605
C)5.991
D)9.210

The HR Manager at Hernandez Inc