If we suspect that there is no relationship between gender and support of legalizing marijuana, what would be the best alternative hypothesis?

 

A. There is a relationship between gender and support of legalizing marijuana.

B. Gender has no influence on support of legalizing marijuana

C. There is a relationship between gender and marijuana use

D. Not enough data

 

Which of the following is the correct degrees of freedom in the table below?

A. 4

B. 3

C. 2

D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is our critical value for our degrees of freedom in the above referenced table if the alpha level is set at .05? The decision rule is that if X2 > this number, the null hypothesis will be rejected.

 

A. 5.99

B. 3.841

C. 2.71

D. 4.35

 

Given the above information, we fail to reject the null hypothesis (or simply accept that the null hypothesis is true in the current case).

 

A. True

B. False