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A study surveyed college students and included questions about their drinking habits as well as demographic questions such as gender. One research question wants to determine if there is a difference in number of alcoholic drinks per week (0-1, 2-3, or 4 or more) between genders (male or female).

Choose the appropriate statistical inference procedure for this scenario.

hypothesis test for the difference between two population proportions

confidence interval estimate for the difference between two population proportions

hypothesis test for the difference in population means from two independent samples

confidence interval estimate for the difference in population means from two independent samples

hypothesis test for a population mean from paired differences

confidence interval estimate for a population mean from paired differences

hypothesis test for independence (contingency table)

hypothesis test for a multinomial experiment (Goodness of Fit)

hypothesis test for one population proportion

Solution

hypothesis test for a multinomial experiment (Goodness of Fit)