At a Recent Meeting of Educational Researchers,comparisons Were Made Between

question 73

Multiple Choice

At a recent meeting of educational researchers,comparisons were made between the type of college freshmen attend and the numbers who drop out.A random sample of freshmen shows the following results: Use a significance level of .05 and determine if the type of school and the drop rate are independent (null hypothesis is that dropout rate is independent of type of school)

• A)Reject H₀
• B)Fail to reject H₀

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