Question

In 2006 there was a scandal involving the firing of 9 US attorneys. In fact, 12 attorneys had been on a list for replacement, and another 3 resigned under pressure. Rove mentioned 12 states as being especially important in the presidential election. Six of the 12 attorneys on the list were from these states. Overall there were 93 attorneys in 2006 of whom 12 were replaced. Seventeen of the 93 were in the states mentioned by Rove; and 6 of these were replaced. The remaining 76 US attorneys in the other 38 states were not mentioned by Rove, and 6 of these were replaced. Compute the proportion of attorneys from the states mentioned by Rove who resigned or were fired. Compute the analogous proportion from states not mentioned by Rove. Does the difference in the two proportions from part (a) seem usually large, or might it have happened due to chance alone? If the difference seems too large to be to chance alone, what does that suggest about the decision making with regard to replacing US attorneys?

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