Some people are concerned that new tougher standards and high-stakes tests adopted in many states have driven up the high school dropout rate. The National Center for Education Statistics reported that the high school dropout rate for the year 2014 was 6.5%. One school district whose dropout rate has always been very close to the national average reports that 150 of their 1767 high school students dropped out last year. Is this evidence that their dropout rate may be increasing? Explain.
Determine the hypotheses for this test...
Some people are concerned that new tougher standards and high-stakes tests adopted in many states have...
Find the Test Statistic
and
Find the P value
A nonprofit company concerned with the school dropout rates has designed a tutoring program aimed at students between 16 to 18 years old. A national center for educational statistics reported that the high school dropout rate for the year 2000 was 10.6%. One school district, who adopted the use of the nonprofit's tutoring program and whose dropout rate has always been very close to the national average, reported in 2004 that...
A nonprofit company concerned with the school dropout rates has designed a tutoring program aimed at students between 16 to 18 years old. A national center for educational statistics reported that the high school dropout rate for the year 2000 was 9.5%. One school district, who adopted the use of the nonprofit's tutoring program and whose dropout rate has always been very close to the national average, reported in 2004 that 130 of their 1768 students dropped out. Is their...
Assess whether from a utilitarian, rights, justice and caring
perspective, Unocal did the right thing in deciding to invest in
the pipeline and then in conducting the project as it did. In your
view, and using your utilitarian, rights, justice and caring
assessments, did Unocal do the right thing?
CASE:
Unocal in Burma Union Oil Company of California, or Unocal, was founded in 1890 to develop oil fields around Los Angeles and other parts of California. By 1990, Unocal had...