Suppose That Researchers Find No Relationship Between Your Likelihood of Getting

question 160

Multiple Choice

Suppose that researchers find no relationship between your likelihood of getting cancer and your neighbourhood's proximity to power lines.This would be an example of a(n) __________ correlation.

• A)negative
• B)positive
• C)zero
• D)inverse

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Definitions:

Contingency Table

A tabular method to represent and analyze the relationship between two or more categorical variables, showing the distribution of one variable across levels of the other variable(s).

Chi-square Test of Independence

A statistical analysis aimed at identifying a meaningful relationship between two variables that can be categorized.

Quantitative Variables

Variables that represent measurable quantities and can take on numerical values.

Chi-Square Test

A statistical method to assess the differences between categorical variables in a contingency table, comparing observed frequencies to expected frequencies.