Maureen McIlvoy,owner and CEO of a Mail Order Business for Wind

Multiple Choice

Maureen McIlvoy,owner and CEO of a mail order business for wind surfing equipment and supplies,is reviewing the order filling operations at her warehouses. Her goal is 100% of orders shipped within 24 hours. In previous years,neither warehouse has achieved the goal,but the East Coast Warehouse has consistently out-performed the West Coast Warehouse. Her staff randomly selected 200 orders from the West Coast Warehouse (population 1) and 400 orders from the East Coast Warehouse (population 2) ,and reports that 190 of the West Coast Orders were shipped within 24 hours,and the East Coast Warehouse shipped 372 orders within 24 hours. Assuming $\alpha$ = 0.05,the critical z value is ___________________.

A) -1.96
B) -1.64
C) 1.64
D) 1.96
E) 2.33