Dr. Wadsworth used census data to estimate the number of individuals who would meet criteria for participation in his study examining single-parent families receiving federal assistance with a mother currently seeking higher education and two-parent households receiving federal assistance with either parent currently seeking higher education. Dr. Wadsworth expects 54 males and 72 females in his single-parent family group and 32 males and 44 females in his two-parent family group. Dr. Wadsworth wants to make sure the distribution is not significant different among the groups. Dr. Wadsworth needs to conduct a(n):

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Dr. Wadsworth needs to test whether there is a significant association between the type of family and the distribution of males and females in the study. Therefore, a chi-square test of independence is the most appropriate statistical test to use. The other options listed are not appropriate for this type of analysis.

Dr Wadsworth Used Census Data to Estimate the Number of Individuals