Question 198601:  Sixty-four students in an introductory college economics class were asked how many credits they had earned in college, and how certain they were about their choice of major. Research question: At � = .01, is the degree of certainty independent of credits earned? Certainty 
Credits Earned Very Uncertain Somewhat Certain Very Certain Row Total 
      0 -9      12             8                3            23 
     10-59       8             4               10            22 
     60 or more  1             7               11            19 
Col Total       21            19               24            64
 
 
Applied Statistics in Business and Economics (2007) by David P. Doane and Lori E. Seward  
 
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You can  put this solution on YOUR website! Sixty-four students in an introductory college economics class were asked how many credits they had earned in college, and how certain they were about their choice of major. Research question: At � = .01, is the degree of certainty independent of credits earned? Certainty 
Credits Earned Very Uncertain Somewhat Certain Very Certain Row Total 
      0 -9      12             8                3            23 
     10-59       8             4               10            22 
     60 or more  1             7               11            19 
Col Total       21            19               24            64 
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Ho: degree of certainty is independent of credits earned 
H1: they are dependent 
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Run a Chi-Sq test on the 3 by 4 set of data to get: 
test statistic: Chi-Sq = 14.76 
p-value = 0.0222 
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Decision: Since the p-value is greater than 1%, Fail to reject Ho. 
The row and column factors are independent. 
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Cheers, 
Stan H.
 
 
 
 
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