In a Chi-Squared Test of a Contingency Table, the Value $\chi ^ { 2 } = 12.678$

question 30

Multiple Choice

In a chi-squared test of a contingency table, the value of the test statistic was $\chi ^ { 2 } = 12.678$ , the significance level was $\alpha$ = 0.05 and the degrees of freedom was 6. Thus:

• A) we fail to reject the null hypothesis at \(\alpha\) = 0.05.
• B) we reject the null hypothesis at \(\alpha\) = 0.05.
• C) we don't have enough evidence to accept or reject the null hypothesis at \(\alpha\)= 0.05.
• D) we should increase the level of significance in order to reject the null hypothesis.

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