A Sociologist Believes That Families That Eat at Least One

Essay

A sociologist believes that families that eat at least one meal a day together (without the interference of any other media) will have better communication skills. The sociologist conducts a study to see if there is a difference in the proportion of meals that are eaten together as a family for families living in a rural setting compared to families living in an urban setting.She collects a random sample from each population and records the proportion of test subjects that reported that they had eaten at least 3 meals per week together as a family. The data are summarized in the table below. Assume the all conditions for proceeding with a two-sample test have been met.