Dr. Wadsworth used census data to estimate the number of individuals who would meet criteria for participation in his study. Dr. Wadsworth is examining both single-parent and two-parent families receiving federal assistance. One group includes single-parents currently seeking higher education and the other group includes two-parent households receiving federal assistance with either parent currently seeking higher education. Dr. Wadsworth expects 54 males and 72 females in his single-parent family group and 32 males and 44 females in his two-parent family group. After data collection is complete Dr. Wadsworth wants to make sure the distribution is not significantly different among the groups. Dr. Wadsworth needs to conduct a(n):
A) one-way ANOVA.
B) chi-square test of independence.
C) independent samples t-test.
D) multiple regression.

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Dr. Wadsworth is comparing categorical data (gender and family type) to see if there's a significant difference in distribution among groups, which is best analyzed using a chi-square test of independence. This test is used to determine if there is a significant association between two categorical variables.

Dr Wadsworth Used Census Data to Estimate the Number of Individuals