A Chi-Squared Test for Independence with 10 Degrees of Freedom

question 110

True/False

A chi-squared test for independence with 10 degrees of freedom results in a test statistic of 17.894. Using the chi-squared table, the most accurate statement that can be made about the p-value for this test is that 0.05 < p-value < 0.10.

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