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Michelle is a counselor at the local crises center. She wishes to determine if there is a relationship between the gender of an individual and the amount of alcohol consumed. She took a random sample of 68 files to test her assumption. At the .05 significance level, can she conclude that alcohol consumption is related to gender? Use the five-step hypothesis test and show your work or provide output.

Alcohol Consumption
Gender Low Moderate High
Male 10 9 8
Female 13 16 12

Step 1: Set the Hypothesis
Ho:
Ha:

Step 2: Set the level of Significance

Step 3: Determine the type of test - Please name the type of test

Step 4: Step 4: Calculate the observed value of the test statistics
Step 5: Calculate the critical value of test statistics and explain the decision rule.

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"Michelle is a counselor at the local crises center. She wishes to determine if there is a relationship between the gender of an individual and the amount of alcohol consumed. She took a random sample of 68 files to test her assumption. At the .05 significance level, can she conclude that alcohol consumption is related to gender? Use the five-step hypothesis test and show your work or provide output. "
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