Below Is a Contingency Table Showing the Results from a Sample

question 142

Multiple Choice

Below is a contingency table showing the results from a sample survey in which 200 economists were asked to report their level of confidence that the economy would improve significantly over the next 12 months.The professional affiliation (university or industry) of the economists is also shown. If "confidence in the economy" is independent of "professional affiliation," we would have expected to see ______ of the responses from university affiliated economists be "moderate."

• A)20%
• B)exactly10
• C)no more than 5
• D)less than 2
• E)100 or more

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