Six People Have Declared Their Intentions to Run for a Trustee

question 97

Multiple Choice

Six people have declared their intentions to run for a trustee seat in the next local election. A political poll is conducted during the campaign among 1,020 voters to determine if there is any clear preference among the voters. The responses are shown below. If the computed chi-square is 30, what is your decision at the 1% level of significance? What is your decision at the 5% level of significance?

• A) Reject H₀; preferences among the candidates exist at the 1% level of significance; also reject at the 5% level of significance.
• B) Reject H₀at the 1% level of significance but not at the 5% level of significance.
• C) Reject H₀at the 5% level of significance but not at the 1% level of significance.
• D) Accept Ho at both the 5% and 1% levels of significance; no preferences among the candidates exist.

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