Use A $\chi ^ { 2 }$ Test to Test the Claim That in the Given Contingency

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Essay

Use a $\chi ^ { 2 }$ test to test the claim that in the given contingency table, the row variable and the column variable are independent. 160 students who were majoring in either math or English were asked a test question, and the researcher recorded whether they answered the question correctly. The sample results are given below. At the 0.10 significance level, test the claim that response and major are independent.
$\begin{array} { r | c c } & \text { Correct } & \text { Incorrect } \\\hline \text { Math } & 27 & 53 \\\text { English } & 43 & 37\end{array}$

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