When the necessary conditions are met, a two-tailed test is being conducted to test the difference between two population proportions. The two sample proportions are and , and the standard error of the sampling distribution of is 0.0085. The calculated value of the test statistic will be z = 3.41.

A random sample of 79 companies from the Forbes 500 list (which actually consists of nearly 800 companies) was selected,and the relationship between sales (in hundreds of thousands of dollars) and profits (in hundreds of thousands of dollars) was investigated by regression.The following results were obtained from statistical software. Suppose the researchers conducting the study wish to test the hypotheses H₀: ₁ = 0 versus H_a: ₁> 0.What do we know about the P-value of this test?

A) The P-value is greater than 0.10.
B) The P-value is between 0.05 and 0.10.
C) The P-value is between 0.01 and 0.05.
D) The P-value is less than 0.01.

Before leaving a particular restaurant,customers are asked to respond to the questions listed below.For each question,determine whether the possible responses are interval,nominal,or ordinal.
a.What is the approximate distance (in miles)between this restaurant and your residence?
b.Have you ever eaten at this restaurant before?
c.On how many occasions have you eaten at the restaurant before?
d.Which of the following attributes of this restaurant do you find most attractive: service,prices,quality of the food,or the menu?
e.What is your overall rating of the restaurant: excellent,good,fair,or poor?

Megan was charged $124.83 interest on her bank loan for the period September 18 to October 18. If the rate of interest on her loan was 8.25%, what was the outstanding principal balance on the loan during the period?