Can you compare boys and girls on the item ‘school is boring’ using the Chi Square test? Explain.
What will be an ideal response?
The Chi Square test works by comparing actual values to those we would expect if there was no relationship between the two variables. This is based on a cross tabulation that
shows the number of cases falling into each combination of the categories of two or more variables. The test is therefore suitable for variables with a limited number of categories.
Gender has two categories (boy/girl) and school is boring has four (agree strongly/agree/disagree/disagree strongly). Therefore it is a suitable test to use here.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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