A Researcher Is Interested in Whether or Not Domestic Violence

question 44

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in whether or not domestic violence occurs in the same proportion in families of alcoholics as it does in the population in general.If the relative frequency of domestic violence in the population is .05 and the relative frequency of no domestic violence in the population is .95,what is the chi-square goodness-of-fit value for the following data?

• A)5.5
• B)21.23
• C)30
• D)60.5

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Definitions:

Irrational Decisions

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