TABLE 12-11 The Director of Admissions at a State College Is Interested

question 179

Short Answer

TABLE 12-11
The director of admissions at a state college is interested in seeing if admissions status (admitted, waiting list, denied admission) at his college is independent of the type of community in which an applicant resides. He takes a sample of recent admissions decisions and forms the following table:

He will use this table to do a chi-square test of independence with a level of significance of 0.01.
-Referring to Table 12-11, the test will involve ________ degrees of freedom.

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Definitions:

Appeal

The process of challenging a decision in a higher court or authority in hopes of overturning or modifying the original decision.

Successful Negotiation

The process of reaching an agreement between two or more parties through effective communication and compromise.

Mandamus

A judicial writ issued as a command to an inferior court or ordering a person to perform a public or statutory duty.

Decision Maker

An individual or group responsible for making judgments and choices in a given situation.