TABLE 12-12 Parents Complain That Children Read Too Few Storybooks and Watch

question 96

Multiple Choice

TABLE 12-12
Parents complain that children read too few storybooks and watch too much television nowadays. A survey of 1,000 children reveals the following information on average time spent watching TV and average time spent reading storybooks.

-Referring to Table 12-12, to test whether there is any relationship between average time spent watching TV and average time spent reading storybooks, the value of the measured test statistic is

• A) -12.59.
• B) 1.61.
• C) 481.49.
• D) 1,368.06.

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