Anita Cruz Recently Assumed Responsibility for a Large Investment Portfolio

question 63

Multiple Choice

Anita Cruz recently assumed responsibility for a large investment portfolio.She wonders whether industry sector influences investment objective.Her staff prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 200 common stocks. Anita's null hypothesis is ______________.

• A)"investment objective" is related to "industry sector"
• B)"investment objective" influences "industry sector"
• C)"investment objective" is not independent of "industry sector"
• D)"investment objective" is independent of "industry sector"
• E)"growth" and "income" are independent

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