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Each year, the Department of Education in Anytown publishes a report on college-bound high school seniors

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Each year, the Department of Education in Anytown publishes a report on college-bound high school seniors. You have been recruited to compare data gathered from seniors at the Acme Academy, a local private school, with seniors at Anytown High School, a public school.

Data set: Ch 09 - Exercise 09A.sav Codebook Variable: school Definition: High school Type: Categorical (1 = Acme Academy, 2 = Anytown High School) Variable: college Definition: College attendance Type: Categorical (1 = Not attending university, 2 = Attending university)

1. Write the hypotheses.

2. Run the criteria of the pretest checklist (n is at least 5 per cell in the crosstabs) and discuss your findings.

3. Run the chi-square test and document your findings (ns and/or percentages, Sig. [p value]).

4. Write an abstract up to 200 words detailing a summary of the study, the chi-square test results, hypothesis resolution, and implications of your findings.