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A personnel manager has a computer-generated list of all employees that indicates that 70 percent are full-time employees, 20 percent are part-time employees, and 10 percent are furloughed or laid-off employees. A sample of 50 employees from the list indicates 40 full-time employees, 6 part-time employees, and 4 furloughed/laid-off employees. Conduct a statistical test to determine if the sample is representative of the population.

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The solution provides step by step method for the calculation of chi square test statistic . Formula for the calculation and Interpretations of the results are also included.

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