A local politician was interested in determining whether income level affects opinion regarding the government's bailout bill for easing the 2008 financial crisis on Wall Street.
He surveyed a sample of his constituents and performed a Chi-square test. The resulting
P-value was 0.024. At the 0.01 level of significance, he should conclude that
A) Income level affects opinion.
B) There is a relationship between income level and opinion.
C) Opinion and income level are independent.
D) Reject the null hypothesis.
E) Both B and D.

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The P-value of 0.024 is greater than the significance level of 0.01, so we fail to reject the null hypothesis, which suggests that opinion and income level are independent.

A Local Politician Was Interested in Determining Whether Income Level