The City Council Is Considering a Law That Would Ban

question 29

Short Answer

The city council is considering a law that would ban smoking in all public facilities.A sample has been selected from the community and tested for support of the ordinance.Is there a statistically significant relationship between age and support for the anti-smoking law? Use the five step model as a guide and write a sentence or two interpreting your results.
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|}\hline&&\text { Age }\\\hline && \text { Younger than } 40 & \text { Older then } 40 & \\\hline \text { Support: }&\text { For } & 145 & 78 & 223 \\\hline& \text { Against } & 103 & 169 & 272 \\\hline && 248 & 247 & 495 \\\hline\end{array}$

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