Schools and museums: Do people who are interested in educational issues visit mu

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Schools and museums: Do people who are interested in educational issues visit museums more often than people who are not? In 2008, the General Social Survey asked 1497 people how interested they were in educational issues, and how often they had visited a science museum in the past year. The following table presents the results. Number of Visits None One More Than One Very Interested 514 139 60 Moderately Interested 457 99 33 Not Interested 162 20 13 Download data Can you conclude that the number of visits to a science museum is related to interest in educational issues? Use thea-0.05 level of significance. Part 1 out of 6 State the null and alternate hypotheses. Ho: The number of visits to a science museum (select) related to interest in educational issues. HI: The number of visits to a science museum (selec) related to interest in educational issues.

Explanation / Answer

H0 : the number of visits to a science museum is not related (independent) to interest in educational issues.

H1 : the number of visits to a science museum is related (dependent) to interest in educational issues.

This hypothesis test is a chi square test of independence .

Reason we have to determine if there is an association or dependence between the two categorical variables i.e the number of visits to science museum and interest in educational issues.

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