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 count the number in the sample with bachelor's degrees, associate's degrees, and high school diplomas.You then conduct a chi-square 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%. If the p-value turns out to be .003, what should you conclude?
A)Don't reject the HR manager's claim.
B)A larger sample is required to reach a conclusion.
C)The sample provides strong evidence that the HR manager's claim is true.
D)The sample provides strong evidence that the HR manager's claim is not true.

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Given the p-value of .003 is less than the significance level of 1% (.01), we reject the null hypothesis. This indicates that the sample provides strong evidence against the HR manager's claim about the composition of the job applicant population.

The HR Manager at Hernandez Inc