A group of researchers investigated whether the physical attractiveness of a defendant (attractive vs unattractive) influences jury decision-making. They recorded the frequency of guilty and not-guilty verdicts for both conditions. The researchers calculated a Chi-squared value of 3.52 with df=1df = 1df=1 for a two-tailed hypothesis.
Analyse the results of the Chi-squared test using the table below to determine whether the defendant's physical attractiveness significantly affected jury verdicts.
| Level of significance for a one-tailed test | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.025 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.0005 | |
| Level of significance for a two-tailed test | ||||||
| df | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.025 | 0.01 | 0.001 |
| 1 | 1.64 | 2.71 | 3.84 | 5.02 | 6.64 | 10.83 |
| 2 | 3.22 | 4.61 | 5.95 | 7.38 | 9.21 | 13.82 |
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