A National Study Report Released by the Center for Studying

Multiple Choice

A national study report released by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) in 2010, indicated that 20.9% of Americans were identified as having medical bill
Financial issues. Many people in families with problems paying medical bills in 2010
Experienced severe financial consequences from their medical debt, with about two-thirds
Reporting problems paying for other necessities and a quarter considering bankruptcy, the
Study found. What if a news organization randomly sampled 400 Americans from 10
Cities and found that 90 reported having such difficulty. A test was done to investigate
Whether the problem is more severe among these cities. What is the value of the test
Statistic?

A) 0.787
B) 0.016
C) -0.787
D) 2.479
E) None of the above.