The Expected Frequencies of a Contingency Table Is ______

Multiple Choice

The expected frequencies of a contingency table is ______.

A) the joint frequency distribution we would expect to see if the two variables were dependent on each other
B) the joint frequency distribution we would expect to see if the two variables caused each other
C) the joint frequency distribution we would expect to see if the independent variable influenced the dependent variable
D) the joint frequency distribution we would expect to see if the two variables were independent on each other