A survey of the opinions of property owners about a street widening project was taken to determine whether the resulting opinion was related to the distance of front footage. A randomly selected sample of 100 property owners was contacted and the results are shown below. If the computed chi-square is 8.5, what is your decision at the 5% level of significance? What is your decision at the 1% level of significance?
A) Do not reject H0 at either the 5% or 1% levels of significance; opinion and property frontage are independent.
B) Reject Ho at the 5% level of significance, but not at the 1% level of significance.
C) Reject Ho at the 1% level of significance, but not at the 5% level of significance.
D) Reject Ho at both the 1% and 5% levels of significance; opinion and property frontage are related.

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A survey of the opinions of property owners about a street widening project was taken to determine whether the resulting opinion was related to the distance of front footage. A randomly selected sample of 100 property owners was contacted and the results are shown below.  If the computed chi-square is 8.5, what is your decision at the 5% level of significance? What is your decision at the 1% level of significance?
A) Do not reject H0 at either the 5% or 1% levels of significance; opinion and property frontage are independent. 
B) Reject Ho at the 5% level of significance, but not at the 1% level of significance. 
C) Reject Ho at the 1% level of significance, but not at the 5% level of significance. 
D) Reject Ho at both the 1% and 5% levels of significance; opinion and property frontage are related.

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The Answer of A survey of the opinions of property owners about a street widening project was taken to determine whether the resulting opinion was related to the distance of front footage. A randomly selected sample of 100 property owners was contacted and the results are shown below.  If the computed chi-square is 8.5, what is your decision at the 5% level of significance? What is your decision at the 1% level of significance?
A) Do not reject H0 at either the 5% or 1% levels of significance; opinion and property frontage are independent. 
B) Reject Ho at the 5% level of significance, but not at the 1% level of significance. 
C) Reject Ho at the 1% level of significance, but not at the 5% level of significance. 
D) Reject Ho at both the 1% and 5% levels of significance; opinion and property frontage are related.

A Survey of the Opinions of Property Owners About a Street