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
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35. Comparing gender and goals.
Looking at the data, do you think that boys and girls at this age differ in what is most important to them: grades, popularity, or sports? In other words, do you think that the variables gender and goals are dependent or independent?
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(a) Dependent (b) Since the -value ≈ 0, -value . Thus we reject . There is evidence that gender and goals are dependent.