Use Minitab or Excel for each of Exercises 34–38.

Goals of Middle School Students. Open the Goals data set. The subjects are students in grades 4, 5, and 6, from three school districts in Michigan. The students were asked which of the following was most important to them: good grades, athletic ability, or popularity. Information about the students' age, gender, race, and grade was also gathered, as well as whether their school was in an urban, suburban, or rural setting.8

Question 11.71

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36. Comparing gender and grade.

  1. Looking at the data, do you think that the ratio of females to males differs significantly from grade to grade? In other words, do you think that the variables gender and grade are dependent or independent?
  2. Perform the test for independence, using level of significance .