A non profit company concerned with the school dropout rates in a nearby state has designed a tutoring program aimed at students between 16 and 18 years old. The highschool dropout rate in the school for the year 2000 was 11.8%, one school district, who adopted the use of the nonprofit's tutoring program and whose dropout rate has always been very close to the state average, reported in 2004 that 202 of their 1795 students dropped out. Is their experience evidence that the tutoring program has been effective? Explain
What are the null and alternative hypotheses?
What is the value of the test statistic?
What is the P-value of the test statistic?
Is their experience evidence that the tutoring program has been effective?