A study was recently conducted in which people were asked to indicate which news medium was their preferred choice for national news.The following data were observed:
Given this data,if we wish to test whether the preferred news source is independent of age,for an alpha = .05 level,the test statistic is computed to be approximately 40.70.

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A study was recently conducted in which people were asked to indicate which news medium was their preferred choice for national news.The following data were observed:
  Given this data,if we wish to test whether the preferred news source is independent of age,for an alpha = .05 level,the test statistic is computed to be approximately 40.70.

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Since the test statistic is greater than the critical value at α=0.05, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is a significant association between age and preferred news source. Thus, the statement is true.

A Study Was Recently Conducted in Which People Were Asked