Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. According to the textbook, the column variable is the dependent variable in hypotheses.
2. The degrees of freedom in a bivariate table are found by subtracting 1 from the number of rows.
3. Expected frequencies are the frequencies we would expect to see if no trends exist in the data.
4. Suppose you obtain a chi-square statistic of 5.9. This is not statistically significant if the critical value obtained from the distribution of chi-square is 9.2 with an alpha level of .01.
5. A chi-square statistic of 8.2 is statistically significant if the critical value obtained from the distribution of chi-square is 5.99 with an alpha level of .05.


1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True

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