The Contingency Table Below Shows the Results of a Random

question 10

Multiple Choice

The contingency table below shows the results of a random sample of 200 registered voters that was conductedto see whether their opinions on a bill are related to their party affiliation. $$\begin{array}{l}\begin{array} { l | c c c } \text { Party } & { \text { Opinion } } \\\hline & \text { Approve } & \text { Disapprove } & \text { No Opinion } \\\text { Republican } & 42 & 20 & 14 \\\text { Democrat } & 50 & 24 & 18 \\\text { Independent } & 10 & 16 & 6\end{array}\\\text { Find the chi-square test statistic, } \chi ^ { 2 } \text {, to test the claim of independence. }\end{array}$$

• A) 8.030
• B) 11.765
• C) 7.662
• D) 9.483

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