SCENARIO 12-13 Recent Studies Have Found That American Children Are More Obese

question 86

Multiple Choice

SCENARIO 12-13
Recent studies have found that American children are more obese than in the past.The amount of
time children spent watching television has received much of the blame.A survey of 100 ten-year-
olds revealed the following with regards to weights and average number of hours a day spent
watching television.We are interested in testing whether the mean number of hours spent watching
TV and weights are independent at 1% level of significance.
12-30 Chi-Square and Nonparametric Tests
-Referring to Scenario 12-13, suppose the value of the test statistic was 30.00 (which is not the
Correct value) and the critical value at 1% level of significance was 10.00 (which is not the
Correct value) , which of the following conclusions would be correct?

• A) We will not reject the null and conclude that mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent.
• B) We will reject the null and conclude that mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent.
• C) We will not reject the null and conclude that mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are not independent.
• D) We will reject the null and conclude that mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are not independent.

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