To determine if food allergies influence participants' taste palate, researchers conducted a chi-square test of independence between conditions . Based on this information, what was the degrees of freedom in this study?

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The degrees of freedom for a chi-square test of independence is calculated as (r - 1) * (c - 1), where r is the number of rows and c is the number of columns in the contingency table. Without specific numbers of rows and columns provided, the exact degrees of freedom cannot be determined from the information given. However, since only one answer is a common format for degrees of freedom (an integer), option A (3) is the best guess.

To Determine If Food Allergies Influence Participants' Taste Palate, Researchers