The following data was collected from the Stanford Open Policing Project (Links to an external site.)  We wish to see if there is a correlation between ethnicity/race and if a search was conducted during  a traffic stop. Running a Chi-Squared test, it was found that chi-squared was 430.36.  If the variables were as follows Ethnicity- White, Black, Hispanic Search- True (searched), False(not searched) a) What are the degrees of freedom?  b) The p-value associated with the chi-square value and degrees of freedom is  . (your answer should be a whole number, not a decimal) c) Do we have evidence that race/ethnicity are independent? (yes or no)

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The following data was collected from the Stanford Open Policing Project (Links to an external site.) 

We wish to see if there is a correlation between ethnicity/race and if a search was conducted during  a traffic stop.

Running a Chi-Squared test, it was found that chi-squared was 430.36. 

If the variables were as follows

Ethnicity- White, Black, Hispanic

Search- True (searched), False(not searched)

a) What are the degrees of freedom? 

b) The p-value associated with the chi-square value and degrees of freedom is  . (your answer should be a whole number, not a decimal)

c) Do we have evidence that race/ethnicity are independent? (yes or no) 

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