A survey was conducted to investigate whether there is an association between a person’s age and their thoughts on what a state senate should do about state parks. Participants selected from “leave state parks the way they are,” “increase funding to state parks,” or “completely overhaul state parks,” and their age was categorized as under 30 years old, between 30 and 50 years old, and over 50 years old. The hypothesis test statistic was calculated to be 15.01. Which of the following is closest to the p-value of the test? A) 0.0047 B) 0.0103 C) 0.0202 D) 0.9897 E) 0.9953
A survey was conducted to investigate whether there is an association between a person’s age and their thoughts on what a state senate should do about state parks. Participants selected from “leave state parks the way they are,” “increase funding to state parks,” or “completely overhaul state parks,” and their age was categorized as under 30 years old, between 30 and 50 years old, and over 50 years old. The hypothesis test statistic was calculated to be 15.01. Which of the following is closest to the p-value of the test?
A) 0.0047
B) 0.0103
C) 0.0202
D) 0.9897
E) 0.9953
Answer
Answer: A) 0.0047
Explanation: For a chi-square statistic of 15.01 with appropriate degrees of freedom, the p-value is very small, closest to 0.0047.