A law school claims that it admits equal numbers of men and women into first year law. The department of Women's Affairs at the university collects data on the number of women being admitted into the law school. They discover that only 42% of the entering class were women. They wish to test the claim of the law school. What test would you choose to answer the question?

What will be an ideal response?


Correct Answer:
z-test for a proportion

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