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A criminological researcher wanted to investigate whether there was an association between the type of rehabilitation sentence (a short-term custodial sentence vs a community-based order) and compliance with post-sentence supervision conditions within 6 months of release. The compliance results are presented in Table 1.

Calculate the chi-squared statistic for this data by completing Table 2.

Table 1: Compliance rates for rehabilitation sentence types

CompliedBreached
Short-term sentence346
Community order3624

Table 2: Chi-squared calculation table

Observed (OOO)Expected (EEE)O−EO-EO−E(O−E)2(O-E)^2(O−E)2(O−E)2/E(O-E)^2/E(O−E)2/E
Short-term sentenceComplied3428.0
Breached612.0
Community orderComplied3642.0
Breached2418.0
chi-squared =
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