Exhibit 12-8 The Following Shows the Number of Individuals in a Sample

question 7

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 12-8
The following shows the number of individuals in a sample of 300 who indicated they support the new tax proposal. We are interested in determining whether or not the opinions of the individuals of the three groups are uniformly distributed.
-Refer to Exhibit 12-8. The number of degrees of freedom associated with this problem is

• A)2
• B)3
• C)300
• D)299

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