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

---

Definitions:

Availability Heuristic

An intellectual simplification employed when the examples readily thought of are used to assess a particular matter, notion, method, or judgement.

Time Inconsistency

is a situation where a person's preferences change over time, such that what they choose today may differ from what they will choose in the future, often leading to decision-making challenges.

Present

The current moment or period in time.

Future

Refers to the time that is yet to come, also used in finance as a contract to buy or sell an asset at a predetermined future date and price.