Comparing Two Independent Population Proportions · Exercise 25

Adults aged 18 years and older were randomly selected for a survey about a specific disease. The researchers wanted to determine if the proportion of women who have the disease is less than the proportion of southern men who do. The results are shown in. Test at the 1 percent level of significance.

$$\begin{array}{ccc}& \text{Number diagnosed with disease}& \text{Sample size}\\ \text{Men}& \text{42,769}& \text{155,525}\\ \text{Women}& \text{67,169}& \text{248,775}\end{array}$$

Its source prints no answer for this problem, so there's nothing to check against.

OpenStax, Statistics · §10.3 Comparing Two Independent Population Proportions · Exercise 25