A friend brings you data that can be used to establish the independence of two variables. You run an analysis on the data and find a chi square value smaller than the tabled value. Your analysis supports the idea that the two variables
A) are independent
B) are not independent
C) either of the descriptive alternatives are correct, depending whether the calculated value is significantly smaller than the tabled value.

Question

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When the chi-square value is smaller than the critical value from the chi-square distribution table, it indicates that there is not enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis of independence between the variables.

A Friend Brings You Data That Can Be Used to Establish