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SCENARIO 12-13 Recent Studies Have Found That American Children Are More Obese

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SCENARIO 12-13
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-yearolds revealed the following with regards to weights and average number of hours a day spent watching television. We are interested in testing whether the mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent at 1% level of significance. SCENARIO 12-13 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-yearolds revealed the following with regards to weights and average number of hours a day spent watching television. We are interested in testing whether the mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent at 1% level of significance.   -Referring to Scenario 12-13,the value of the test statistic is A) 8.532 B) 15.483 C) 18.889 D) 69.744
-Referring to Scenario 12-13,the value of the test statistic is


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