Typically the Percentage of Women in an Engineering Class at a Particular

Multiple Choice

Typically the percentage of women in an engineering class at a particular university has been 15%. A new recruiting plan was implemented in the past year to increase the proportion of women in the incoming class. This year, there were 49 women and 208 men in the incoming class. The data are summarized below. Calculate the observed value of the chi-square statistic. Round to the nearest hundredth.

A) 3.33
B) 2.75
C) 218.41
D) 98.37