A Sample of 157 University Students Who Recently Moved Off-Campus $\mathrm { j }$

question 35

Multiple Choice

A sample of 157 university students who recently moved off-campus were polled to see u they agree that off-campus living is preferable to on-campus living. In addition, each was how many people live in their current off-campus residence. The results are summarized $\mathrm { j }$ following contingency table.
$\begin{array}{lccc}\hline & 1 & 2 & 3 \\\hline \text { Agree } & 39 & 27 & 29 \\\text { No Opinion } & 15 & 5 & 7 \\\text { Disagree } & 25 & 6 & 4 \\\hline\end{array}$

Perform a test for independence, using the $\alpha = 0.01$ level of significance. What do you conclude?

• A) Do not reject \(H _ { 0 }\). There is insufficient evidence to conclude that the survey responses and the number of roommates are dependent.
• B) Reject \(H _ { 0 }\). It appears that the survey responses and the number of roommates are dependent.