The Contingency Table Below Shows the Results of a Random

question 12

Multiple Choice

The contingency table below shows the results of a random sample of 200 state representatives that was conducted to see whether their opinions on a bill are related to their party affiliation. $\begin{array}{l|ccc} &{\text { Opinion }} \\\hline \text { Party } & \text { Approve } & \text { Disapprove } & \text { No Opinion } \\\text { Republican } & 42 & 20 & 14 \\\text { Democrat } & 50 & 24 & 18 \\\text { Independent } & 10 & 16 & 6\end{array}$

Find the chi-square test statistic $\chi ^ { 2 }$ used to test the claim of independence.

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

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