A Chi-Square Test of a Contingency Table with 4 Rows

question 113

Multiple Choice

A chi-square test of a contingency table with 4 rows and 5 columns shows that the value of the test statistic is 22.18. The most accurate statement that can be made about the p-value for this test is that:

• A) p-value is greater than 0.05
• B) p-value is smaller than 0.025
• C) p-value is greater than 0.025 but smaller than 0.05
• D) p-value is greater than 0.10
• E) Not enough information is given to determine the p- value.

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Definitions:

Categorical

Pertaining to data that can be divided into specific groups or categories that are qualitatively distinct from each other, such as gender or color.

Ordinal

A type of qualitative data that involves order or ranking of the values, but the intervals between the values are not necessarily uniform.

Ratio

A comparative statistic that shows the relative size of two numbers or quantities to each other, expressed as "x to y" or x:y.

Ratio

A mathematical relationship between two numbers indicating how many times the first number contains the second.