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Chapter 12: Q. 12.63 (page 510)

Step 1 of Procedure 13.2 gives generic statements for the null and alternative hypotheses of a chi-square independence test. Use the terms statistically dependent and statistically independent, introduced on page 496, to restate those hypotheses.

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H0:The two variables under consideration are statistically independent.

Ha: The two variables under consideration are statistically dependent.

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Step 1. Given Information.

Step 1 of Procedure 13.2 gives generic statements for the null and alternative hypotheses of a chi-square independence test.

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Step 2. Using the term statistically dependent and statistically independent.

H0:The two variables under consideration are statistically independent.

Ha: The two variables under consideration are statistically dependent.

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