TABLE 12-11 The Director of Admissions at a State College Is Interested

question 141

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TABLE 12-11
The director of admissions at a state college is interested in seeing if admissions status (admitted, waiting list, denied admission) at his college is independent of the type of community in which an applicant resides. He takes a sample of recent admissions decisions and forms the following table:

He will use this table to do a chi-square test of independence with a level of significance of 0.01.
-Referring to Table 12-11, the same decision would be made with this test if the level of significance had been 0.005.

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Definitions:

Contribution Margin

The amount of revenue remaining after deducting variable costs, which can be used to cover fixed costs and contribute to profit.

Fixed Costs

Costs that do not change with the level of production output, such as rent, salaries, and insurance.

Variable Selling

Costs that change in proportion to the volume of goods or services sold.

Administrative Expense

Costs related to the general operation of a company that are not directly tied to a specific department or product, like salaries of executive officers and support staff.