The President of a Large University Collected Data from Students

question 142

Multiple Choice

The president of a large university collected data from students concerning building a new library, and classified the responses into different categories (strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree, strongly disagree) and according to whether the student was male or female. To determine whether the data provide sufficient evidence to indicate that the responses depend upon gender, which of the following would be the most appropriate test?

• A) a chi-square goodness-of-fit test
• B) a chi-square test of a contingency table (test of independence)
• C) a chi-square test of normality
• D) a chi-square test of abnormality

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