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The table below shows the opinions of 321 respondents from the General Social Survey by whether they owned a gun (or not) and whether they favored (or opposed) a law requiring a permit to own a gun.
-Based on the chi-square statistic and p-value, one can conclude that
A) the difference between the support for the gun law between gun owners and non-gun owners is not statistically significant.
B) the difference between the support for the gun law between gun owners and non-gun owners is statistically significant.
C) the difference between the support for the gun law between gun owners and non-gun owners is not practically significant.
D) the difference between the support for the gun law between gun owners and non-gun owners is practically significant.

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 The table below shows the opinions of 321 respondents from the General Social Survey by whether they owned a gun (or not) and whether they favored (or opposed) a law requiring a permit to own a gun. 
-Based on the chi-square statistic and p-value, one can conclude that
A) the difference between the support for the gun law between gun owners and non-gun owners is not statistically significant. 
B) the difference between the support for the gun law between gun owners and non-gun owners is statistically significant. 
C) the difference between the support for the gun law between gun owners and non-gun owners is not practically significant. 
D) the difference between the support for the gun law between gun owners and non-gun owners is practically significant.

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The chi-square statistic and p-value are used to determine if there is a statistically significant difference between groups. If the p-value is low enough (typically <0.05), it suggests that the observed differences are unlikely to have occurred by chance, indicating statistical significance. Practical significance, on the other hand, refers to the real-world importance or effect size of the difference, which is not determined by the chi-square statistic and p-value.

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