Use the Information in Table 12 $$\text { Table } 12.2$$

question 26

Multiple Choice

Use the information in Table 12.2 to answer the following questions.
$$\text { Table } 12.2$$
$$\begin{array}{c}\begin{array} { l | cccccccc } \text { Amount of } & &&&&{ \text { Average Hours of TV Watched Per Week } } \\\text { Formal Education } & 0 - 5 & 6 - 10 & 11 - 15 & 16 - 20 & 21 - 25 & 26 - 30 & \text { Over 30 } & \text { TOTAL } \\\hline \text { 0-8 Years } & 0 \% & 0 & 5 & 10 & 15 & 20 & 50 & 100 \% \\\text { 9-11 Years } & 0 \% & 5 & 10 & 15 & 20 & 20 & 30 & 100 \% \\\text { 12, HS Grad } & 0 \% & 10 & 10 & 10 & 30 & 20 & 20 & 100 \% \\\text { 13-15 Years } & 10 \% & 10 & 10 & 20 & 25 & 15 & 10 & 100 \% \\\text { 16, BA Degree } & 20 \% & 20 & 15 & 15 & 15 & 10 & 5 & 100 \% \\\text { 17-18 Years } & 30 \% & 20 & 20 & 20 & 10 & 0 & 0 & 100 \% \\\text { 19 or More } & 50 \% & 30 & 10 & 10 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 100 \%\end{array}\end{array}$$
-Which best expresses the bivariate relationship between the amount of education and amount of television watched per week?

• A) non-linear
• B) independent
• C) positive
• D) negative

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