Question

The following data represents the political leaning and religious stance of 1,000 individuals. From the data in the table, which of the following statements is the most appropriate?

	Religious	Non-Religious	Total
Republican	210	70	280
Democrat	137	243	380
Independent	153	187	340
Total	500	500	1,000

A. Party affiliation is entirely dependent on religion.

B. Religion and party affiliation are independent.

C. Religion and party affiliation appear to have an association.

D. Religion and party affiliation have no relationship.

Answer 1

The statistical software output for this problem is:

Since p - value is very small, we reject the null hypothesis. Hence, the most appropriate statement will be:

Religion and party affiliation appear to have an association.

Option C is correct.