Mr. Acosta, a sociologist, is doing a study to see if there is a relationship between the age of a young adult (18 to 35 years old) and the type of movie preferred. A random sample of 93 adults revealed the following data. Test whether age and type of movie preferred are independent at the 0.05 level.   Person's Age   Movie 18-23 yr 24-29 yr 30-35 yr Row Total Drama 6 18 10 34 Science Fiction 11 9 10 30 Comedy 9 7 13 29 Column Total 26 34 33 93 (a) What is the level of significance?   (b) Find the value of the chi-square statistic for the sample. (Round the expected frequencies to at least three decimal places. Round the test statistic to three decimal places.) What are the degrees of freedom? (c) Find or estimate the P-value of the sample test statistic. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)

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Mr. Acosta, a sociologist, is doing a study to see if there is a relationship between the age of a young adult (18 to 35 years old) and the type of movie preferred. A random sample of 93 adults revealed the following data. Test whether age and type of movie preferred are independent at the 0.05 level.

  Person's Age  
Movie 18-23 yr 24-29 yr 30-35 yr Row Total
Drama 6 18 10 34
Science Fiction 11 9 10 30
Comedy 9 7 13 29
Column Total 26 34 33 93
(a) What is the level of significance?
 
(b) Find the value of the chi-square statistic for the sample. (Round the expected frequencies to at least three decimal places. Round the test statistic to three decimal places.)
What are the degrees of freedom?


(c) Find or estimate the P-value of the sample test statistic. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)

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