In a study of simulated juror decision making, Braden-Maguire, Sigal, and Perrino (2005) investigated the type of verdict assigned by study participants after they read a 12-page summary of a case involving a battered woman who had shot and killed her husband.In particular, the researchers manipulated the race of the defendant (African American or Caucasian) and the type of abuse suffered (emotional or physical).The dependent variable was the number of guilty verdicts.What is the critical cutoff for this test, given a p level of 0.05?
A) 3.841
B) 7.815
C) 9.488
D) 18.307

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The critical cutoff for a p level of 0.05 is 3.841 for the chi-square test of independence, which is the appropriate test for analyzing the relationship between two categorical variables in this study. Therefore, the correct choice is A.

In a Study of Simulated Juror Decision Making, Braden-Maguire, Sigal