A Medical Researcher Is Interested in Determining If There Is $\chi ^ { 2 }$

question 1

Multiple Choice

A medical researcher is interested in determining if there is a relationship between adults over 50 who exercise regularly and low, moderate, and high blood pressure. A random sample of 236 adults over 50 is selected and the results are given below. Calculate the chi-square test statistic $\chi ^ { 2 }$ to test the claim that regular exercise and low, moderate, and high blood pressure are independent. Use $\alpha = 0.01$ .
$\begin{array} { l | c c c } \text { Blood Pressure } & \text { Low } & \text { Moderate } & \text { High } \\\hline \text { Reg. Exercise } & 35 & 62 & 25 \\\text { No Reg. Exercise } & 21 & 65 & 28\end{array}$

• A) 3.473
• B) 16.183
• C) 18.112
• D) 6.003

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