TABLE 12-11
Parents Complain That Children Read Too Few Storybooks

TABLE 12-11
Parents complain that children read too few storybooks and watch too much television nowadays. A survey of 1,000 children reveals the following information on average time spent watching TV and average time spent reading storybooks.
$$\begin{array}{l}\text {\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad Average time spent reading story books }\\\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Average time spent } &{ \begin{array} { c } \text { Less than } \\\text { 1 hour }\end{array} } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Between } \\1 \text { and 2 hours }\end{array} & \begin{array} { l } \text { More than } \\2 \text { hours }\end{array} \\\hline \text { watching TV } &{ 85 } & 130 \\\hline \text { Less than 2 hours } & 90 & 32 & 8 \\\hline \text { More than 2 hours } & 655 & 85 & 8 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$
-Referring to Table 12-11, to test whether there is any relationship between average time spent watching TV and average time spent reading story books, the value of the measured test statistic is

A) -12.59.
B) 1,368.06.
C) 1.61.
D) 481.49.

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