A Market Researcher Is Interested in Determining Whether the Age

question 26

Multiple Choice

A market researcher is interested in determining whether the age of listeners influences their preferred musical styles.The following is a contingency table from a random sample of 385 individuals: The researcher uses α = 0.05.The appropriate decision is ______.

• A) reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
• B) reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
• C) do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
• D) do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
• E) do nothing

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