In the General Social Survey, respondents were asked what they thought was most
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Question
In the General Social Survey, respondents were asked what they thought was most important to get ahead: hard work, lucky breaks, or both. Minitab output for 1026 respondents, by gender, is shown below:
Expected counts are printed below observed counts
Male Female Total
Hard work 284 393 677
292.31 384.69
Lucky breaks 84 121 205
88.51 116.49
Both 75 69 144
62.18 81.82
Total 443 583 1026
Chi-Sq = 0.236 + 0.180 + 0.230 + 0.175 + 2.645 + 2.010 = 5.476
P-Value = 0.065
1. State the research hypothesis.
A) There is a relationship between gender and opinion on what is important to get ahead in the sample.
B) There is no relationship between gender and opinion on what is important to get ahead in the sample.
C) There is a relationship between gender and opinion on what is important to get ahead in the population.
D) There is no relationship between gender and opinion on what is important to get ahead in the population
There answer is C according to the answer sheet, but I was wondering why it was C?
Expected counts are printed below observed counts
Male Female Total
Hard work 284 393 677
292.31 384.69
Lucky breaks 84 121 205
88.51 116.49
Both 75 69 144
62.18 81.82
Total 443 583 1026
Chi-Sq = 0.236 + 0.180 + 0.230 + 0.175 + 2.645 + 2.010 = 5.476
P-Value = 0.065
Explanation / Answer
The answer depends on level of significance alpha. If alpha had been 10% then answer C is right because pvlaue is less than 10%.. Based on sample we take decision about teh population.
Hence answer C could be correct