Carrying Out a Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity or Independence

AP Statistics· difficulty 3/5

A chi-square test of independence between music preference and age yields p = 0.31.

Music vs Age p = 0.31

What is the appropriate conclusion?

  • A

    p is too small to conclude anything

  • B

    Insufficient evidence to conclude music preference and age are associated

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  • C

    Music preference and age are independent

  • D

    Reject the null hypothesis

Explanation

With p = 0.31 > 0.05, fail to reject H0. We cannot conclude there is an association; this does NOT prove independence.

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