A Sports Researcher Is Interested in Determining If There Is $$\chi _ { 0 } ^ { 2 }$$

question 18

Multiple Choice

A sports researcher is interested in determining if there is a relationship between the number of home team and visiting team wins and different sports. A random sample of 526 games is selected and the results are given
Below. Find the critical value χ $$\chi _ { 0 } ^ { 2 }$$ to test the claim that the number of home team and visiting team wins is
Independent of the sport. Use $$\alpha$$ = 0.01. $$\begin{array} { l | c c c c } & \text { Football } & \text { Basketball } & \text { Soccer } & \text { Baseball } \\\hline \text { Home team wins } & 39 & 156 & 25 & 83 \\\text { Visiting team wins } & 31 & 98 & 19 & 75\end{array}$$

• A)11.345
• B)12.838
• C)7.815
• D)9.348

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