TABLE 12-11
The director of admissions at a state college is interested in seeing if admissions status (admitted,waiting list,denied admission)at his college is independent of the type of community in which an applicant resides.He takes a sample of recent admissions decisions and forms the following table: He will use this table to do a chi-square test of independence with a level of significance of 0.01.
-True or False: Referring to Table 12-11,the same decision would be made with this test if the level of significance had been 0.05.

Question

TABLE 12-11
The director of admissions at a state college is interested in seeing if admissions status (admitted,waiting list,denied admission)at his college is independent of the type of community in which an applicant resides.He takes a sample of recent admissions decisions and forms the following table:  He will use this table to do a chi-square test of independence with a level of significance of 0.01.
-True or False: Referring to Table 12-11,the same decision would be made with this test if the level of significance had been 0.05.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

We cannot determine if the same decision would be made with a level of significance of 0.05 based on the information given. The p-value calculated from the chi-square test would need to be compared to the level of significance to make a decision, and this information is not provided in the question.

TABLE 12-11 The Director of Admissions at a State College Is Interested