1998, Question 5 · 4 points
Graduate student demand for campus housing
Test whether more than a stated share of graduate students want campus housing, then consider whether the nonrespondents could have changed the recommendation.
This exam had six free-response questions, each scored from 0 to 4. Its Question 6, the Investigative Task, is no longer part of the exam. The current exam has 4 free-response questions in 90 minutes. The skills these questions practice still count.
1 Read the question
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2 Write your answer
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3 Score it
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