SCENARIO 12-11
The director of admissions at a state college is interested in seeing if admissions status (admitted,waiting list,denied admission)at his college is independent of the type of community in which an applicant resides.He takes a sample of recent admissions decisions and forms the following table:
He will use this table to do a chi-square test of independence with a level of significance of 0.01.
-Referring to Scenario 12-11,the alternative hypothesis claims that "there is some connection between admission status at the college and the type of community in which an applicant resides."

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SCENARIO 12-11
The director of admissions at a state college is interested in seeing if admissions status (admitted,waiting list,denied admission)at his college is independent of the type of community in which an applicant resides.He takes a sample of recent admissions decisions and forms the following table:
  He will use this table to do a chi-square test of independence with a level of significance of 0.01.
-Referring to Scenario 12-11,the alternative hypothesis claims that "there is some connection between admission status at the college and the type of community in which an applicant resides."

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The alternative hypothesis in this scenario suggests that there is a connection between admission status and the type of community in which an applicant resides, which is supported by the director of admissions' interest in exploring this relationship and conducting a chi-square test of independence.

SCENARIO 12-11 The Director of Admissions at a State College Is Interested