Hypothesis testing-proportion of females

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In a random sample of 400 employees of a local company, 180 were female.

a. At 95% confidence using the critical value approach, determine if the proportion of females in the company is significantly less than 50%.

b. At 95% confidence using the p-value approach, test to determine if the proportion of females in the company is significantly less than 50%.

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