Sam Hill, Director of Media Research, is analyzing subscribers to the TravelWorld magazine.He wonders whether subscriptions are influenced by the head of household's highest degree earned.His staff prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 300 households. Using $\alpha$ = .05, the appropriate decision is ______________.
A)reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
B)do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
C)reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
D)do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
E)do nothing

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Sam Hill, Director of Media Research, is analyzing subscribers to the TravelWorld magazine.He wonders whether subscriptions are influenced by the head of household's highest degree earned.His staff prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 300 households.  Using $\alpha$ = .05, the appropriate decision is ______________.
A)reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent 
B)do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent 
C)reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent 
D)do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent 
E)do nothing

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The Answer of Sam Hill, Director of Media Research, is analyzing subscribers to the TravelWorld magazine.He wonders whether subscriptions are influenced by the head of household's highest degree earned.His staff prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 300 households.  Using $\alpha$ = .05, the appropriate decision is ______________.
A)reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent 
B)do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent 
C)reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent 
D)do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent 
E)do nothing

Sam Hill, Director of Media Research, Is Analyzing Subscribers to the TravelWorld