Based on the Following Scenario

question 27

Multiple Choice

based on the following scenario.
In a third world country, 100 randomly selected people were surveyed about their socioeconomic class and religious affiliation. The results and an excerpt from this fictitious study follow:

Excerpt: "Based on a chi-square test for independence, the working class differed from the middle class in the distribution of religious identification, χ² (4, N = 100) = 11.73, p < .05."
-The phi coefficient for this study is

• A)√(11.73²/100)= 1.17
• B)√(11.73/100²)= .03
• C)√(11.73/100)= .34
• D)√[11.73²/(100-1)] = 1.18

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