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Parents Complain That Children Read Too Few Storybooks

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TABLE 12-11
Parents complain that children read too few storybooks and watch too much television nowadays. A survey of 1,000 children reveals the following information on average time spent watching TV and average time spent reading storybooks.
 Average time spent reading story books  Average time spent  watching TV  Less than  1 hour  Between 1 and 2 hours  More than  2hours  Less than 2 hours 9085130 More than 2 hours 655328\begin{array}{l}\text { \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad Average time spent reading story books }\\\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline \begin{array} { l } \text { Average time spent } \\\text { watching TV }\end{array} & { \begin{array} { c } \text { Less than } \\\text { 1 hour }\end{array} } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Between } \\1 \text { and 2 hours }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { More than } \\\text { 2hours }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Less than 2 hours } & 90 & 85 & 130 \\\hline \text { More than 2 hours } & 655 & 32 & 8 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}
-Referring to Table 12-11, suppose we want to constrain the probability of committing a Type I error to 5% when testing whether there is any relationship between average time spent watching TV and average time spent reading story books, the critical value will be


A) 14.449.
B) 12.592.
C) 7.378.
D) 5.991.

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