The following table shows data on gender (coded as 1 = female, 2 = male) and preferred

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The following table shows data on gender (coded as 1 = female, 2 = male) and preferred type of chocolate (coded as 1 = white, 2 = milk, 3 = dark) for a sample of 10 students.

Preferred Chocolate Type Gender Type Name Name Gender Type Anna Josef 3 Franz 2 3 Eva 3 Hans Doris Lisl Sophie Michael 2


The students€™ teacher enters the data into software and reports a correlation of 0.640 between gender and type of preferred chocolate. He concludes that there is a moderately strong positive correlation between someone€™s gender and chocolate preference. What€™s wrong with this analysis?

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Statistics The Art And Science Of Learning From Data

ISBN: 9780321997838

4th Edition

Authors: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg

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