When Individuals in a Sample of 150 Were Asked Whether

question 28

Multiple Choice

When individuals in a sample of 150 were asked whether or not they supported capital punishment, the following information was obtained. $$\begin{array} { l l } \text { Do you support } & \text { Number of } \\\text { capital punishment? } & \text { individuals } \\\text { Yes } & 40 \\\text { No } & 60 \\\text { No Opinion } & 50\end{array}$$ We are interested in determining whether or not the opinions of the individuals (as to Yes, No, and No Opinion) are uniformly distributed.The number of degrees of freedom associated with this problem is

• A) 150.
• B) 149.
• C) 2.
• D) 3.

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