Question

Polling organizations regularly collect data on the public’s opinions and habits. A question on a recent survey asked, “How often do you purchase coffee from a coffeehouse?” There may be differences in how people respond to this question based on whether the person is a full-time student. Suppose a polling organization uses random digit dialing of local phone numbers to take a poll and asks respondents whether they are full-time students. In addition, they ask respondents to identify how often they purchase coffee from a coffeehouse (never, once a week, two to three times a week, daily, more than once a day). The data are collected in a 5-by-2 table of counts. Which of the following is the appropriate null hypothesis when conducting a chi-square test for the data?

Answer 1

there is an association between how often a person purchases coffee from a coffee house and whether a person is a full time student.

Explanation:

Answer 2

C) H0 : How often a person purchases coffee from a coffeehouse is not associated with whether a person is a full-time student.

Explanation:

This represents a chi-square test for independence because one sample was taken and two variables were observed. This is an appropriate null hypothesis for a chi-square test for independence in this study as it hypothesizes no association between coffee-purchasing habits and full-time student status.