A magazine surveyed 300 men and 250 women and found that 55 percent of the men said that baseball was their favorite sport, and 30 percent of women also reported baseball as their favorite.All participants were asked to select from four sports.How could this be tested if this difference is significant, given that the samples are uneven?

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The chi-square test for independence is appropriate for testing if there is a significant difference between two categorical variables from the same population, here being gender and favorite sport. The data can be organized into a contingency table with frequencies of men and women who prefer baseball versus those who do not.

A Magazine Surveyed 300 Men and 250 Women and Found