Recently, students in a marketing research class were interested in the driving behavior of students. Specifically, the marketing students were interested if exceeding the speed limit was related to gender. They collected the following responses from 100 randomly selected students: The appropriate test statistic for the analysis is:
A) F-statistic.
B) t-statistic
C) Chi-square statistic
D) Z-statistic

Question

Recently, students in a marketing research class were interested in the driving behavior of students. Specifically, the marketing students were interested if exceeding the speed limit was related to gender. They collected the following responses from 100 randomly selected students:  The appropriate test statistic for the analysis is:
A) F-statistic. 
B) t-statistic 
C) Chi-square statistic 
D) Z-statistic

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Since the response variable is categorical (exceeding speed limit or not) and the explanatory variable is also categorical (gender), a chi-square test is appropriate for this analysis.

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