Question: A study regarding the relationship between age and the amount of pressure sales personnel feel in relation to their jobs revealed the following sample information.

A study regarding the relationship between age and the amount of pressure sales personnel feel in relation to their jobs revealed the following sample information. At the 0.1 significance level, is there a relationship between job pressure and age?

Degree of job pressure

age (years) low medium high

less than 25 29 29 45

25 up to 40 16 40 69

49 up to 60 45 55 84

60 or older 61 88 85

a.State the decision rule.(Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

H0: Age and pressure are not related.

H1: Age and pressure are related.

Reject H0 if chi-square > _______

b.Compute the value of chi-square.(Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

c.What is your decision regardingH0?

(Reject, do not reject) H0. This data (does, doesn't) prove that the age and pressure are related.

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