Excel Functions for Two Sample z Test of Proportions (to accompany Video Lecture #8)

Sample Size of Group 1 (n1) 200

Sample Size of Group 1 (n2) 150
Success cases in Group 1 104
Success cases in Group 2 60
Proportion of success in Group 1 0.520
Proportion of success in Group 2 0.400
Proportion of failure in Group 1 0.48
Proportion of failure in Group 2 0.6

Estimated overall proportion of success in the two groups 0.46857

Estimated standard error of difference between the two proportions 0.05390

Null hypothesized difference 0

Test statistic = z = 2.226371

p-value (Lower Tail) 0.987005 Unable to accept H1 that Group 1 < Group
p-value (Upper Tail) 0.012995 Accept H1 that Group 1 > Group 2

Accept H1 that there is group difference. T

p-value (Two-Tailed) 0.025989
difference at 95% confidence; 0.05% signifi
 accept H1 that Group 1 < Group 2
1 that Group 1 > Group 2

1 that there is group difference. There is evidence of group

e at 95% confidence; 0.05% significance.