When We Carry Out a Chi-Square Test of Independence, the Alternate

question 35

Multiple Choice

When we carry out a chi-square test of independence, the alternate hypothesis states that the two relevant classifications

• A) are mutually exclusive.
• B) form a contingency table with r rows and c columns.
• C) have (r − 1)(c − 1) degrees of freedom.
• D) are statistically dependent.
• E) are normally distributed.

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