As the price of oil rises, there is increased worldwide interest in alternate sources of energy.A Financial Times/Harris Poll surveyed people in six countries to assess attitudes towarda variety of alternate forms of energy (Harris Interactive website, February 27, 2008). Thedata in the following table are a portion of the poll's findings concerning whether peoplefavor or oppose the building of new nuclear power plants.CountryGreatUnitedResponseBritainFranceItaly SpainGermanyStatesStrongly favorFavor more than141161298133128272322204oppose348366309222326Oppose more than favorStrongly oppose381334219311316217215219443389174How large was the sample in this poll?b. Conduct a hypothesis test to determine whether people's attitude toward building newnuclear power plants is independent of country. What is your conclusion?c. Using the percentage of respondents who “strongly favor" and “favor more than op-pose," which country has the most favorable attitude toward building new nuclearpower plants? Which country has the least favorable attitude?а.

To test whether two categorical variables are associated the chi-square test of independence is…

As the price of oil rises, there is increased worldwide interest in alternate sources of energy. A Financial Times/Harris Poll surveyed people in six countries to assess attitudes toward a variety of alternate forms of energy (Harris Interactive website, February 27, 2008). The data in the following table are a portion of the poll's findings concerning whether people favor or oppose the building of new nuclear power plants. Country Great United Response Britain France Italy Spain Germany States Strongly favor Favor more than oppose Oppose more than favor Strongly oppose 141 161 298 133 128 204 348 366 334 309 219 222 311 272 322 326 316 381 217 215 219 443 389 174 How large was the sample in this poll? b. Conduct a hypothesis test to determine whether people's attitude toward building new nuclear power plants is independent of country. What is your conclusion? c. Using the percentage of respondents who “strongly favor" and "favor more than op- pose," which country has the most favorable attitude toward building new nuclear power plants? Which country has the least favorable attitude? а.

As the price of oil rises, there is increased worldwide interest in alternate sources of energy. A Financial Times/Harris Poll surveyed people in six countries to assess attitudes toward a variety of alternate forms of energy (Harris Interactive website, February 27, 2008). The data in the following table are a portion of the poll's findings concerning whether people favor or oppose the building of new nuclear power plants. Country Great United Response Britain France Italy Spain Germany States Strongly favor Favor more than oppose Oppose more than favor Strongly oppose 141 161 298 133 128 204 348 366 334 309 219 222 311 272 322 326 316 381 217 215 219 443 389 174 How large was the sample in this poll? b. Conduct a hypothesis test to determine whether people's attitude toward building new nuclear power plants is independent of country. What is your conclusion? c. Using the percentage of respondents who “strongly favor" and "favor more than op- pose," which country has the most favorable attitude toward building new nuclear power plants? Which country has the least favorable attitude? а.

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

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