Question: In “good news-bad news” settings, researchers report that 83% of women in the 21-34 age group say they prefer to hear the bad news first. This compares to 50% for the 35-44 group, 53% for the 45-54 group, and 70% for the 55 or over group.

For the “good news-bad news” situation and age groups described above, the corresponding percentages of men who say they prefer to hear the bad news first was reported as 70%, 75%, 76% and 10%. Assuming independent sample, each with n=100, use the 0.05 level in examining whether the population percentages could be equal for men in these four age groups.