The HR Manager at Hernandez Inc

Multiple Choice

The HR manager at Hernandez Inc.reports that 40% of the company's job applicants have a bachelor's degree, 34% have an associate's degree and the remaining 26% have a high school diploma.You take a simple random sample of 200 applicants and count the number in the sample with bachelor's degrees, associate's degrees, and high school diplomas.You then conduct a chi-square test to establish whether this sample result is sufficient to reject a null hypothesis that the composition of Hernandez' job applicant population matches the HR manager's claim.The significance level is 1%. If the p-value turns out to be .003, what should you conclude?

A) Don't reject the HR manager's claim.
B) A larger sample is required to reach a conclusion.
C) The sample provides strong evidence that the HR manager's claim is true.
D) The sample provides strong evidence that the HR manager's claim is not true.