What are two likely null hypotheses for the hypothetical study depicted on the table below?
A high school counselor decided to conduct a study of student dropout data from the 8th to the 12th grades. The counselor used school records to make the following table of observed cases of dropping out:
The values are in the cells are the dropouts over the last two years.
a. There is no pattern to dropping out of high school
b. Boys and girls have a similar pattern of dropping out between 9th and 12th grades
c. There is no significant difference between the observed and expected number of students dropping out of high school
d. The calculated value of chi square will be zero
b. Boys and girls have a similar pattern of dropping out between 9th and 12th grades
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