A researcher wishes to use ANOVA to assess whether Vancouver men and women differ in whether they voted in the city's most recent municipal selection. He gathers large, equally sized EPSEM samples for each gender to conduct the analysis. What is the clearest problem with his intent to use ANOVA?
A) The independent variable should be interval-ratio.
B) The dependent variable should be interval-ratio.
C) ANOVA is more reliable for small samples than it is for large samples.
D) The data for this example do not come from random samples.

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ANOVA requires the dependent variable to be interval-ratio, but voting behavior is a categorical variable.

A Researcher Wishes to Use ANOVA to Assess Whether Vancouver