A Survey of Property Owners' Opinions About a Street-Widening Project

question 110

Multiple Choice

A survey of property owners' opinions about a street-widening project was taken to determine if owners' opinions were related to the distance between their home and the street. A randomly selected sample of 100 property owners was contacted and the results are shown next. What is the critical value at the 5% level of significance?

• A)7.779
• B)9.488
• C)9.236
• D)11.070

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