In: Statistics and Probability
Homelessness and Illegal Substance Use
Illegal Drug Use |
No Use |
|
Homeless |
957 |
1248 |
Not Homeless |
2626 |
97203 |
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Expected values calcuation
Chi square value calcuation
chi-stat = 10583.84
df = 1
pvalue = 0.00000
Ho: Homelessness and illegal substance use are independent of
each other
H1: Homelessness and illegal substance use are not independent of
each other
Since the pvalue is less than 0.05, we reject the null
hypothesis and conclude that Homelessness and illegal substance use
are not independent of each other