The Oxnard Retailers Anti-Theft Alliance (ORATA)published a Study That Claimed

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The Oxnard Retailers Anti-Theft Alliance (ORATA) published a study that claimed the causes of disappearance of inventory in retail stores were 30 percent shoplifting,50 percent employee theft,and 20 percent faulty paperwork.The manager of the Melodic Kortholt Outlet performed an audit of the disappearance of 80 items and found the frequencies shown below.She would like to know if her store's experience follows the same pattern as other retailers. Using α = .05,the critical value you would use in determining whether the Melodic Kortholt's pattern differs from the published study is:

• A) 7.815.
• B) 5.991.
• C) 1.960.
• D) 1.645.

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