TABLE 12-12 Recent Studies Have Found That American Children Are More Obese

question 107

Multiple Choice

TABLE 12-12
Recent studies have found that American children are more obese than in the past. The amount of time children spent watching television has received much of the blame. A survey of 100 ten-year-olds revealed the following with regards to weights and average number of hours a day spent watching television. We are interested in testing whether the average number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent at 1% level of significance.

-Referring to Table 12-12, suppose the value of the test statistic was 30.00 (which is not the correct value) and the critical value at 1% level of significance was 10.00 (which is not the correct value) , which of the following conclusions would be correct?

• A) We will accept the null and conclude that average number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent.
• B) We will reject the null and conclude that average number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent.
• C) We will accept the null and conclude that average number of hours spent watching TV and weights are not independent.
• D) We will reject the null and conclude that average number of hours spent watching TV and weights are not independent.