A recent survey asked adults nationwide if they thought that the federal government should continue to fund Nasa’s efforts to send unstaffed missions to Mars. 56% said they should continue, 40% said they should not continue, and 4% had no opinion. A random sample of 200 college students resulted in these numbers: Should continue: 126 Should not continue: 65 No opinion: 9 Is there sufficient evidence at chi: 0.05 to conclude that the opinions of the college students differ from those of the report?

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A recent survey asked adults nationwide if they thought that the federal government should continue to fund Nasa’s efforts to send unstaffed missions to Mars.

56% said they should continue,

40% said they should not continue,

and 4% had no opinion.

A random sample of 200 college students resulted in these numbers:

Should continue: 126

Should not continue: 65

No opinion: 9

Is there sufficient evidence at chi: 0.05 to conclude that the opinions of the college students differ from those of the report?

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Given that 

  Observed Frequency  Expected proportion 
Should continue  126 56% = 0.56
Should not continue  65 40% = 0.40
No opinion  9 4% = 0.04
Total 200 100% = 1.00
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