The race for the 2012 Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role was extremely tight, featuring several worthy performances (ABC News online, February 22, 2013). The nominees were Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty, Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook, Emmanuelle Riva for Amour, Quvenzhané Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Naomi Watts for The Impossible. In a survey, movie fans who had seen each of the movies for which these five actresses had been nominated were asked to select the actress who was most deserving of the 2013 Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role. The responses follow.

a. How large was the sample in this survey?
b. Jennifer Lawrence received the 2012 Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook. Did the respondents favor Ms. Lawrence?
c. At α = .05, conduct a hypothesis test to determine whether people’s attitude toward the actress who was most deserving of the 2013 Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role is independent of respondent age. What is yourconclusion?

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