All of the following are appropriate uses of ordinary chi-square EXCEPT

A) participants’ preference for studying sitting or lying down are assessed as sophomores and then again as seniors.
B) tall and short people are compared on their religious affiliation.
C) the number of people of different ethnicities working in a particular company is compared to the proportions of those ethnicities in the general public.
D) the number of purchases generated by an advertisement is compared for three different groups of consumers to see if the number of successes is equal for the three groups.


Answer: A

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