We are interested in comparing the proportions of men and women who say earning a large salary is very important to them. You surveyed 200 men and 200 women and recorded their answers to the question as “yes” (earning a large salary is very important) or “no” (earning a large salary is not very important).     Yes No Total Men 150 50 200 Women 110 90 200 Total 260 140 400   Test the association between sex and the importance of earning a large salary using a chi-square test. Provide the null and alternative hypotheses, expected counts, test statistic, degrees of freedom, and p-value. What do you conclude ()?

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We are interested in comparing the proportions of men and women who say earning a large salary is very important to them. You surveyed 200 men and 200 women and recorded their answers to the question as “yes” (earning a large salary is very important) or “no” (earning a large salary is not very important).

 

 

Yes

No

Total

Men

150

50

200

Women

110

90

200

Total

260

140

400

 

  1. Test the association between sex and the importance of earning a large salary using a chi-square test. Provide the null and alternative hypotheses, expected counts, test statistic, degrees of freedom, and p-value. What do you conclude ()?
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