SCENARIO 12-13
Recent studies have found that American children are more obese than in the past. The amount of time children spent watching television has received much of the blame. A survey of 100 ten-yearolds revealed the following with regards to weights and average number of hours a day spent watching television. We are interested in testing whether the mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent at 1% level of significance.
-Referring to Scenario 12-13,suppose the value of the test statistic was 30.00 (which is the correct value),which of the following conclusions would be correct?
A)We will not reject the null and conclude that mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent.
B)We will reject the null and conclude that mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent.
C)We will not reject the null and conclude that mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are not independent.
D)We will reject the null and conclude that mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are not independent.

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SCENARIO 12-13
Recent studies have found that American children are more obese than in the past. The amount of time children spent watching television has received much of the blame. A survey of 100 ten-yearolds revealed the following with regards to weights and average number of hours a day spent watching television. We are interested in testing whether the mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent at 1% level of significance. 
-Referring to Scenario 12-13,suppose the value of the test statistic was 30.00 (which is the correct value),which of the following conclusions would be correct?
A)We will not reject the null and conclude that mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent. 
B)We will reject the null and conclude that mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent. 
C)We will not reject the null and conclude that mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are not independent. 
D)We will reject the null and conclude that mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are not independent.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A test statistic of 30.00 would result in a p-value that is extremely small and would reject the null hypothesis at a 1% level of significance. Therefore, we would reject the null and conclude that the mean number of hours spent watching TV and weights are not independent.

SCENARIO 12-13 Recent Studies Have Found That American Children Are More Obese