The director of admissions at a state college is interested in seeing if admissions status (admitted, waiting list, denied admission) at his college is related to the type of community (urban, rural, suburban) in which an applicant resides. Which of the following tests will be the most appropriate? A) two-way ANOVA F test for interaction effect B) two-way ANOVA F test for the type of community effect C) Friedman rank test D) ?^₂test for independence

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The chi-square test for independence is the most appropriate test in this situation because it examines the relationship between two categorical variables (admissions status and type of community) to see if they are independent or related. The other options, such as the ANOVA tests, are more appropriate for analyzing continuous data or when there are multiple independent variables. The Friedman test is used for analyzing data with ranking responses measured on multiple occasions, which is not applicable in this situation.

The Director of Admissions at a State College Is Interested