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gbarreiro

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If two variables are spuriously correlated, it means that the correlation coefficient between them is near zero.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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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:
 
  radio television newspaper
  under 21 30 50 5
  21-40 20 25 30
  41 and over 30 30 50
 
  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.
   Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Answer to Question 1

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