What Can Be Concluded from the Following Chi-Square Test for Independence

question 40

Multiple Choice

What can be concluded from the following chi-square test for independence result, $\chi$ ² (1, N = 102) = 0.17, p > 0.05?

• A) There is no evidence of dependency between the two variables.
• B) The variables tested are not independent of each other.
• C) One variable causes a difference in the other variable.
• D) There is a positive correlation between the variables.

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