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At a recent meeting of educational researchers comparison were made between the type of college freshmen attend and the numbers who drop out. A random sample of freshmen show the following results: (keep two decimals in calculating expected frequencies)

4Yr public 4Yr private 2Yr public 2Yr private
drop out 10 9 15 9
don't drop 26 28 18 27

Use a significance level of .05 and determine if the type of school and the drop out rate are independent

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The solution provides step by step method for the calculation of chi square test for independence. Formula for the calculation and Interpretations of the results are also included. Interactive excel sheet is included. The user can edit the inputs and obtain the complete results for a new set of data.

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At a recent meeting of educational researchers comparison were made between the type of college freshmen attend and the numbers who drop out. A random sample of freshmen show the following results: (keep two decimals in calculating expected frequencies)
4Yr public 4Yr private 2Yr public 2Yr private
drop out 10 9 15 9
don't drop 26 28 18 27
Use a significance level of .05 and determine if the type of school and the ...

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