What Is the Appropriate Statistical Analysis for Comparing Non-Numerical Data

question 46

Multiple Choice

What is the appropriate statistical analysis for comparing non-numerical data for a differential design comparing samples representing two populations?

• A) Independent-measures t -test
• B) Repeated-measures t -test
• C) Independent-measures analysis of variance
• D) Chi-square test for independence

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Definitions:

Radio Listening

The activity or measure of how many people listen to radio broadcasts within a given period or demographic.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in a population from its mean, indicating how widely the data points are scattered.

Significance Level

Another term for the level of significance, denoting the threshold below which the null hypothesis is rejected in a statistical test.

Normal Population

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