An apartment complex surveyed its tenants and asked a variety ofquestions about their living arrangements. One question asked forthe renter’s marital status using categorical responses of single,married, divorced, and widowed. Another question asked for therenter’s pet ownership with the categorical Dog, Cat, both (cat anddog) and none (neither cat nor dog).
- Methods: Explicitly state and conduct the appropriatehypothesis test to determine if there is any relationship betweenpet ownership and marital status? (All steps should beincluded)
- Discussion: Interpret the statistical decision you arrived atin terms that would be useful for apartment policies andprocedures. This section should also include suggestions forfurther research and/or discussion of additional variables that mayprovide more precise results.
| Marital Status | Pets |
| Divorced | none |
| Widowed | both |
| Single | cat |
| Divorced | dog |
| Single | Dog |
| Married | cat |
| Single | both |
| Married | cat |
| Single | cat |
| Widowed | none |
| Divorced | cat |
| Married | Dog |
| Single | none |
| Married | none |
| Divorced | Dog |
| Married | cat |
| Widowed | both |
| Married | none |
| Married | none |
| Widowed | cat |
| Divorced | both |
| Single | cat |
| Single | Dog |
| Single | Dog |
| Married | none |
| Married | Dog |
| Single | Dog |
| Married | cat |
| Single | cat |
| Single | both |
| Married | cat |
| Divorced | Dog |
| Divorced | none |
| Married | both |
| Married | both |
| Widowed | dog |
| Married | both |
| Married | cat |
| Single | cat |
| Widowed | none |
| Divorced | cat |
| Married | Dog |
| Divorced | both |
| Single | cat |
| Single | Dog |
