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A researcher is interested in student characteristics based on their degree programme. As part of her study, she investigates whether psychology and maths students are equally likely to have been to a bar over the previous weekend. Her survey provides the frequency of going to a bar or not going to a bar for a sample of 90 psychology students and 90 maths students. What type of test can she carry out on the data?Question 8Answera.Chi-Square Testb.McNemar Testc.Independent Sample T-Testd.Pearson's correlation

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A researcher is interested in student characteristics based on their degree programme. As part of her study, she investigates whether psychology and maths students are equally likely to have been to a bar over the previous weekend. Her survey provides the frequency of going to a bar or not going to a bar for a sample of 90 psychology students and 90 maths students. What type of test can she carry out on the data?Question 8Answera.Chi-Square Testb.McNemar Testc.Independent Sample T-Testd.Pearson's correlation

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The researcher can carry out a Chi-Square Test on the data. This test is used to determine if there is a significant association between two categorical variables, in this case, the degree programme (psychology or maths) and the frequency of going to a bar.

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