A survey by USA Todayinvestigated the public's attitude toward the federal deficit. Each sampled citizen was classified as to whether they felt the government should reduce the deficit, increase the deficit, or if they had no opinion. The sample results of the study by gender are reported below.
|
Gender
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Reduce theDeficit
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Increase theDeficit
|
NoOpinion
|
|
Female
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244
|
194
|
68
|
|
Male
|
305
|
114
|
25
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At the .05 significance level, is it reasonable to conclude that gender is independent of a person's position on the deficit?