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In the 1994 General Social Survey, a nationwide survey done every other year in the United States, the 1,185 respondents who had ever been married were asked the age at which they first wed and whether they had ever been divorced. The two-way table below summarizes the observed counts for the relationship between "age first wed" (categorized into four age groups) and "ever divorce" (no or yes). A chi-square value and p-value are given below the table.
-What is the appropriate null hypothesis for this table?
A) In the sample, there is a relationship between "age first wed' and "ever divorced".
B) In the population represented by the sample, there is a relationship between "age first wed' and "ever divorced".
C) In the sample, there is no relationship between "age first wed' and "ever divorced".
D) In the population represented by the sample, there is no relationship between "age first wed' and "ever divorced".

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 In the 1994 General Social Survey, a nationwide survey done every other year in the United States, the 1,185 respondents who had ever been married were asked the age at which they first wed and whether they had ever been divorced. The two-way table below summarizes the observed counts for the relationship between "age first wed" (categorized into four age groups) and "ever divorce" (no or yes). A chi-square value and p-value are given below the table. 
-What is the appropriate null hypothesis for this table?
A) In the sample, there is a relationship between "age first wed' and "ever divorced". 
B) In the population represented by the sample, there is a relationship between "age first wed' and "ever divorced". 
C) In the sample, there is no relationship between "age first wed' and "ever divorced". 
D) In the population represented by the sample, there is no relationship between "age first wed' and "ever divorced".

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The appropriate null hypothesis typically states that there is no effect or no relationship between variables in the population from which the sample is drawn. In this case, it asserts there is no relationship between "age first wed" and "ever divorced" in the population.

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