The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 25 - Two Categorical Variables: The Chi-Square Test - Check Your Skills - Page 601: 25.29

Answer

(b).

Work Step by Step

It is said that the sample is a random sample (more specifically close to a simple random sample). This is the most important requirement to be able to make inference. Thus the answer is (b).
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