A cell phone company wants to determine if the use of text messaging is independent of age.The follow data has been collected from a random sample of their customers.
Using the data above,in order to test for the independence of age and the use of text messaging,the expected value for the "under 21 and regularly use text messaging" cell is 82.

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A cell phone company wants to determine if the use of text messaging is independent of age.The follow data has been collected from a random sample of their customers.
  Using the data above,in order to test for the independence of age and the use of text messaging,the expected value for the "under 21 and regularly use text messaging" cell is 82.

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The expected value for the "under 21 and regularly use text messaging" cell can be calculated using the formula: (row total x column total) / sample size. However, the sample size and the row and column totals are not provided in the given data, so it cannot be determined if the expected value is 82. Therefore, the statement is false.

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