TABLE 12-10
the Director of Admissions at a State College

question 198

True/False

TABLE 12-10
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:
$$\begin{array} { l | l l l | l } & \text { Admitted } & \text { Wait List } & \text { Denied } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Urban } & 45 & 21 & 17 & 83 \\\text { Rural } & 33 & 13 & 24 & 70 \\\text { Suburban } & 34 & 12 & 39 & 85 \\\hline \text { Total } & 112 & 46 & 80 & 238\end{array}$$ He will use this table to do a chi-square test of independence with a level of significance of 0.01.
-Referring to Table 12-10, the null hypothesis will be rejected.

Identify the efficiency criteria for firms in perfect competition in terms of productive and allocative efficiency.

Understand the concept and implications of confounding variables in research.

Recognize the importance of internal validity and the factors that contribute to it.

Identify appropriate experimental designs to control for various biases.

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