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Many companies outsource segments of their business to external providers, such as information technology (IT) and human resources (HR). The data below show the types of outsourcing decisions made by a sample of companies from various industry sectors. No Do these data highlight significant differences in outsourcing by industry sector? Complete parts a through e below. Outsourcing 466 Healthcare Financial Industrial Goods Consumer Goods HR Only 4812 611 442 254 Only 5680 1608 1286 414 Both IT and HR 950 141 189 102 451 729 OAX (Round to three decimal places as needed.) OB. Since the assumptions are not satisfied, a hypothesis test is not appropriate Find the P-value. A. P-value = 0.000 (Round to four decimal places as needed.) OB. Since the assumptions are not satisfied, a hypothesis test is not appropriate d) Test the appropriate hypothesis at the significance level 0.05 and state your results. Choose the correct answer below. O A. Since the P-value is high, fail to reject Ho- O B. Since the P-value is high, fail to reject Ho O C. Since the P-value is low, reject Ho. OD. Since the assumptions are not satisfied, a hypothesis test is not appropriate e) Interpret the meaning of the results and state a conclusion. Choose the correct answer below. O A. The data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that there are significant differences in outsourcing decisions between the sectors. O B. The data fail to provide sufficient evidence of significant to conclude that there are significant differences in outsourcing decisions between the sectors OC. The data fail to provide sufficient evidence to conclude no difference in outsourcing decisions between the sectors OD. Since the assumptions are not satisfied. a hvoothesis test is not appropriate

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