A Sports Researcher Is Interested in Determining If There Is $E _ { 22 }$

question 24

Multiple Choice

A sports researcher is interested in determining if there is a relationship between the number of home team and visiting team wins and different sports. A random sample of 526 games is selected and the results are given below. Assuming the row and column classifications are independent, find an estimate for the expected cell count of cell $E _ { 22 }$ .
$\begin{array}{l|llll} & \text { Football } & \text { Basketball } & \text { Soccer } & \text { Baseball } \\\hline \text { Home team wins } & 39 & 157 & 27 & 80 \\\text { Visiting team wins } & 29 & 95 & 20 & 79\end{array}$

• A) \(106.8\)
• B) \(145.2\)
• C) \(27.1\)
• D) \(19.9\)

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Definitions:

Hemoglobin

An iron-containing protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues.

Red Blood Cells

Cells in the blood that carry oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and carbon dioxide back to the lungs to be exhaled.

Fibrin

A protein involved in the blood clotting process, which works by forming a fibrous mesh that impedes the flow of blood.

Blood Vessel

Tubular structures carrying blood through the tissues and organs; a vein, artery, or capillary.