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Prostitution Is Illegal in All States of the United States

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Prostitution is illegal in all states of the United States (except in some counties in Nevada). You are interested to find whether there is a relationship between gender (male/female/transgender) and attitudes regarding the legal status of prostitution (legalize/decriminalize/criminalize). You draw a random sample of 450 individuals over the age of 18 who are residents of Texas. The results of your survey are presented below. You set an alpha level of 0.05.
a. Identify the independent and dependent variables and indicate the level of measurement.
b. Compute the percentages for every cell.
c. State your null hypothesis and your alternative hypothesis.
d. Compute the degrees of freedom.
e. State your decision rule.
f. Compute expected frequencies for each cell.
g. Compute chi square.
h. Interpret your findings.
 Some high  High school  school  graduate  College/university  Legalize 156339117 Decriminalize 2910451184 Criminalize 51673114995234121450\begin{array}{|l|r|r|r|r|}\hline &\text { Some high }&\text { High school } &&\\&\text { school }&\text { graduate }& \text { College/university }&\\\hline \text { Legalize } & 15 & 63 & 39 & 117 \\\hline \text { Decriminalize } & 29 & 104 & 51 & 184 \\\hline \text { Criminalize } & 51 & 67 & 31 & 149 \\\hline & 95 & 234 & 121 & 450 \\\hline\end{array}

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