The Board of Trustees of a Small College Demanded a More

Multiple Choice

The board of trustees of a small college demanded a more diverse student body.Most of the college's minority students came from a large metropolitan area.The admissions staff asked graduates outside this area and outside the state to help with recruiting.In addition,some money was spent on media advertising.To assess the effect of this campaign,the current year's requests for applications were classified as Large Metropolitan Area (565) ,Rest of State (410) ,and Out of State (216) .An analysis of addresses over previous years showed Large Metropolitan Area,51%;Rest of State,40%;Out of State,9%.What statistic should be used to analyze these data?

A) The for independence
B) The for goodness of fit
C) The Kruskal-Wallis H
D) The Mann-Whitney U