A Researcher Reports That Her Obtained Chi Square of -17

question 4

Multiple Choice

A researcher reports that her obtained chi square of -17.56 is significant because it exceeds the critical Chi square of -3.841 for an alpha of .05 with 2 degrees of freedom.What mistake has been made?

• A)neither critical nor obtained Chi squares can have negative values
• B)it is impossible to have only 2 degrees of freedom
• C)it is impossible for obtained Chi square to exceed 10
• D)a one-tailed test should have been used

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