An organization monitors many aspects of elementary and secondary education nationwide. Their 1999 numbers are often used as a baseline to assess changes. In 1999, 43% of students had not been absent from school even once during the previous month. In the 2003 survey, responses from 7668 randomly selected students showed that this figure had slipped to 42%. Officials would note any change in the rate of student attendance. Answer the questions below.
(c) Perform the test and find the P-value.
P-value = _____________
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)
(d) State your conclusion. Consider probabilities less than 0.05 to be suitably unlikely.
A. We can reject the null hypothesis. There is sufficient evidence to suggest that the percentage of students with perfect attendance in the previous month has changed.
B. We fail to reject the null hypothesis. There is not sufficient evidence to suggest that the percentage of students with perfect attendance in the previous month has changed.
C. We fail to reject the null hypothesis. There is sufficient evidence to suggest that the percentage of students with perfect attendance in the previous month has changed.