Question: The police chief in Montgomery wants to know if the city's population feels that the police are doing a good job. In comparing this information for areas of the city, the police can learn if they have a community-relations problem in certain parts of the city. A survey reveals the data in the chart below.
ATTITUDE
Area of Montgomery
|
Good Job
|
Poor Job
|
West
|
35
|
48
|
Central
|
40
|
35
|
East
|
60
|
30
|
Using a = .05, test the hypothesis that there is a relationship between perceptions of police performance and area of the city for Montgomery. What might you tell the police chief?