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A random sample of 100 adult workers, 60 men and 40 women, is selected in a large Midwestern city. Of the group, 42 men and 17 women are union members. Does union membership differ on the basis of gender? State the independent and dependent variables.

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The solution identify the independent and dependent variables from the given information. Provide graphs along with the solution. The solution involves various concepts, including chi square test statistic, significance level, p-value and critical value.

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Please help with the set up of this problem: A random sample of 100 adult workers, 60 men and 40 women, is selected in a large midwestern city. Of the group, 42 men and 17 women are union members. Does union membership differ on the basis of gender? State the independent and dependant variables.
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The membership in union can be treated as the dependent variable and the gender as the independent variable.

The null hypothesis tested is
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