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 null hypothesis claims that "there is no
association between admission status at the college and the type of community in which an
applicant resides."

Question

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 null hypothesis claims that "there is no
association between admission status at the college and the type of community in which an
applicant resides."

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

In hypothesis testing, the null hypothesis often states that there is no effect or no association between variables, which in this case is between admission status and community type.

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