A study was recently conducted in which people were asked to indicate which news medium was their preferred choice for national news.The following data were observed:
Given this data,if we wish to test whether the preferred news source is independent of age with an alpha equal to .05,the critical value will be a chi-square value with 9 degrees of freedom.

Question

A study was recently conducted in which people were asked to indicate which news medium was their preferred choice for national news.The following data were observed:
  Given this data,if we wish to test whether the preferred news source is independent of age with an alpha equal to .05,the critical value will be a chi-square value with 9 degrees of freedom.

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The critical value for a chi-square test of independence with 4 categories of news source and 4 categories of age (excluding the "Prefer not to answer" category) and an alpha of .05 is actually a chi-square value with 9 degrees of freedom. Therefore, the statement is false.

A Study Was Recently Conducted in Which People Were Asked