In a Study, the Number of Cigarettes Smoked by High

question 42

Multiple Choice

In a study, the number of cigarettes smoked by high school students was analyzed in relation to several social factors. The primary factor was found to be peer pressure, which was categorized as low, medium, and, high for the study. What kind of test would you do to find the association between peer pressure and smoking?

• A) correlation coefficient
• B) difference in means
• C) analysis of variance
• D) R² test

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