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Identify the test statistic.

Identify the p-value.

Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the sentence (sent to prison or not sent to prison) is independent of the plea. If you were an attorney defending a guilty defendant, would these results suggest that you should encourage a guilty plea?

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Guilty Plea
351
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51
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Many people believe that criminals who plead guilty tend to get lighter sentences than those who are convicted in trials. The accompanying table summarizes randomly selected sample data for defendants in burglary cases. All of the subjects had prior prison sentences. Use a 0.05 significance
level to test the claim that the sentence (sent to prison or not sent to prison) is independent of the plea. If you were an attorney defending a guilty defendant, would these results suggest that you should encourage a guilty plea?
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Determine the null and alternative hypotheses.
O A. Ho: Pleading guilty reduces a defendant's chance of going to prison.
H,: Pleading guilty does not reduce a defendant's chance of going to prison.
): The sentence (sent to prison or not sent to prison) is independent of the plea.
В. Но
: The sentence (sent to prison or not sent to prison) is not independent of the plea.
C. Ho: The sentence (sent to prison or not sent to prison) is not independent of the plea.
H,: The sentence (sent to prison or not sent to prison) is independent of the plea.
D. Ho: Pleading guilty does not reduce a defendant's chance of going to prison.
H,: Pleading guilty reduces a defendant's chance of going to prison.
Determine the test statistic.
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)

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