SCENARIO 12-11
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.
-True or False: Referring to Scenario 12-11, the p-value of this test is greater than 0.01.

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SCENARIO 12-11
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.
-True or False: Referring to Scenario 12-11, the p-value of this test is greater than 0.01.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The statement suggests that the p-value is greater than 0.01, which is a common threshold for statistical significance. Without specific data from Scenario 12-11, we assume the statement is true unless proven otherwise.

SCENARIO 12-11 The Director of Admissions at a State College Is Interested