Suppose Best Buy would like to know if the age of a customer affects the brand o

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Suppose Best Buy would like to know if the age of a customer affects the brand of digital camera he or she purchases to help design a new promotional campaign. The data will show the frequency with which people, categorized by their age groups, purchased various camera brands. To determine if Camera Brand and Age Group are dependent, what are the appropriate hypotheses?

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Two of the other options are both correct.

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HO: Camera Brand and Age Group are independent of each other.
HA: Camera Brand and Age Group are related to one another.

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HO: Camera Brand and Age Group are independent of one another.
HA: Camera Brand and Age Group display a positive correlation.

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HO: Camera Brand and Age Group are associated with each other.
HA: Camera Brand and Age Group are not related to each other.

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HO: Camera Brand and Age Group are not related to one another.
HA: Camera Brand and Age Group display a negative correlation.

Explanation / Answer

Appropriate hypotheses are as below:

Ho: Camera Brand and Age Group are independent of each other.
HA: Camera Brand and Age Group are related to one another.

Option-2 is the correct answer.

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