A Four-Year University Has Decided to Implement a New Approach

question 40

Multiple Choice

A four-year university has decided to implement a new approach to teaching Statistics. Full-time and adjunct professors were surveyed to determine whether they preferred the traditional lecture approach or a computer approach to teaching Statistics.
$\begin{array} { l c c c } & \text { Prefer Lecture } & \text { Prefer Computer } & \text { No Preference } \\ \text { Full-time } & 8 & 13 & 6 \\ \text { Adjunct } & 11 & 22 & 10 \end{array}$
Compute the test value.

• A) 0.97
• B) 0.14
• C) 1.24
• D) 0.36

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