A Chi-Square Test of Independence Is Applied to a Contingency

question 129

Multiple Choice

A chi-square test of independence is applied to a contingency table with 4 rows and 5 columns for two qualitative variables. The degrees of freedom for this test will be:

• A) 20
• B) 16
• C) 15
• D) 12
• E) 9

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Shipping Charges

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Short-Run

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