John is interested in whether there is a relationship between gender and attitudes towards flogging children. He asked 60 persons “Do you think that parents should be allowed to flog their children?”.  The results are shown in the table below   Flogging Gender  Yes  No  Not sure Men 15  5 3 Women 20 10 7   Conduct a test, at the 3% significance level, to determine whether gender and attitudes towards flogging were related.   (d) Given that the chi-square test statistic, χ2 , is 0.7554, estimate the p-value for this test.  (e) State the conclusion for the test. Give a reason for your answer.

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John is interested in whether there is a relationship between gender and attitudes towards flogging children. He asked 60 persons “Do you think that parents should be allowed to flog their children?”. 

The results are shown in the table below

 

Flogging

Gender 

Yes 

No 

Not sure

Men

15 

5

3

Women

20

10

7

 

Conduct a test, at the 3% significance level, to determine whether gender and attitudes towards flogging were related.  

(d) Given that the chi-square test statistic, χ2 , is 0.7554, estimate the p-value for this test. 

(e) State the conclusion for the test. Give a reason for your answer. 

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