TABLE 11-11
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 Table 11-11, the p-value of this test is greater than 0.01.

Question

TABLE 11-11
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 Table 11-11, the p-value of this test is greater than 0.01.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

We cannot determine the exact p-value from the information given in the question, but we know that it is greater than the level of significance of 0.01. Therefore, we fail to reject the null hypothesis of independence and can conclude that there is not enough evidence to suggest that admissions status is dependent on the type of community in which an applicant resides.

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