Sam Hill, Director of Media Research, is analyzing subscribers to the TravelWorld magazine. He wonders whether subscriptions are influenced by the head of household's highest degree earned. His staff prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 300 households: Sam's null hypothesis is ___.

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Sam Hill, Director of Media Research, is analyzing subscribers to the TravelWorld magazine. He wonders whether subscriptions are influenced by the head of household's highest degree earned. His staff prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 300 households:  Sam's null hypothesis is ___.

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The null hypothesis in this case is that there is no relationship between the head of household's highest degree earned and subscription to TravelWorld magazine. It means that the two variables, "head of household classification" and "subscribes," are independent of each other. Option C correctly states the null hypothesis.

Sam Hill, Director of Media Research, Is Analyzing Subscribers to the TravelWorld