Perform a Chi-Square Independence Test Using the Critical Value Approach

question 5

Essay

Perform a chi-square independence test using the critical value approach, provided the conditions for using the test aremet. Be sure to state the hypotheses and the significance level, to obtain the expected frequencies, to obtain the criticalvalue, to compute the value of the test statistic, and to state your conclusion.
-The Book Industry Study Group, Inc., performs sample surveys to obtain information on characteristics of book readers. A book reader is defined to be one who read one or more books in the six months prior to the survey; a non-book reader is defined to be one who read newspapers or magazines but no books in the six months prior to the survey; a nonreader is defined to be one who did not read a book, newspaper, or magazine in the six months prior to the survey. The following data were obtained from a random sample of 1429 persons 16 years old and over. At the 1% significance level, do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that an association exists between "household income" and "reader classification"?

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