A sociobiology theory predicted that the amount of help offered by four groups would depend on the degree of kinship to the helped group. The degrees of kinship were 15 percent, 10 percent, 5 percent, and 0 percent. When the frequency of help data were analyzed, the chi square value was larger than the tabled value. The appropriate degrees of freedom for this problem is and the data sociobiological theory. A) 2, support B) 2, do not support C) 3, support D) 3, do not support.

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The degrees of freedom for a chi-square test is calculated as the number of groups minus one, which is 4 - 1 = 3. Since the chi-square value was larger than the tabled value, the data do not support the sociobiological theory.

A Sociobiology Theory Predicted That the Amount of Help Offered