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Describe the chi-square test of independence.

Give an example of a question that could be answered using this test.

If you were to assemble a contingency table, what would be included in your rows and columns?
Pick a cell of this contingency table and explain what the value in the cell would represent (you do not need to give the value, just explain what it would represent)? What hypothesis would be tested?

What do you think the answer would be? Why?

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Describe the chi-square test of independence.
This is a test of whether the distribution among categories matches either a prior expectation or differs from the distribution of categories of another sample.

Give an example of a question that could be answered using this test.
For example, if you were curious whether there were more males living at home after ...

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