Question: The mall management at Palisades Point Plaza recently surveyed its larger retailer vendors to see if the number of seasonal employees they had hired this holiday season was different from the number they hired last holiday season. The results were as follows:

Stephanie, the stats intern working in the central mall office, recalls her graduate statistics education, and wonders if there is any change either positively or negatively from last year to this year. Answer her question: how statistically strong are the findings? If an increase or decreases in seasonal hires can be interpreted as a barometer of the strength or weakness of the holiday shopping season, how should Stephanie describe it? Document your conclusions in detail, discussing or explaining all relevant components of this analysis. Test at the 2% level of significance. For bonus credit, solve the problem two ways: one way using software and/or technology, and the other way by constructing the solution manually with formulas.

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