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Question

A survey summarizes the number of households (in hundreds) by region and internet access in a contingency table. Why is it inappropriate to use the $χ^{2}$ independence test on this table?

Table displaying internet access data by region, showing counts for 'With Internet' and 'Without Internet'.

Accepted Answer

The data are not individual household counts

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The table contains missing values

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The regions are not mutually exclusive

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The categories are not nominal

A survey summarizes the number of households (in hundreds) by region and internet access in a contingency table. Why is it inappropriate to use the χ2\chi^2 independence test on this table?

A survey summarizes the number of households (in hundreds) by region and internet access in a contingency table. Why is it inappropriate to use the $χ^{2}$ independence test on this table?