A Study Was Recently Done in the United States in Which

question 67

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A study was recently done in the United States in which car owners were asked to indicate whether their most recent car purchase was a U.S.car,a German car,or a Japanese car.The people in the survey were divided by geographic region in the United States.The following data were recorded. Given this situation,to test whether the car origin is independent of the geographical location of the buyer,the critical value for alpha = .10 is 14.6837.

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Definitions:

Empirically

Grounded in, related to, or confirmable through direct observation or actual experience rather than through theory or abstract reasoning.

Scientific Hypothesis

An educated guess or prediction that forms the basis for an experiment and can be tested through observation and experimentation.

Imaginary Outcome

An envisioned result or scenario that exists only in one's imagination or as a construct of thought.

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is measured and is expected to change in response to manipulations of the independent variable.