Question

CASE STUDY

The phrase ‘OK Boomer’ has gone viral recently as a way to shut down older people who are perceived as being out of touch with global issues. Given the rapid dissemination of trends such as this through social media, Yumi, a senior undergraduate student, was interested in whether the phrase was evenly represented across different economic classes of youth. Using social media, Yumi selected 1000 random people who had recently commented on a popular social media site. For each person, she asked what their family income was (low, medium, high), and whether they knew what the phrase ‘OK Boomer’ means.

What is the most appropriate statistical test to answer the question in this study?

a)

2-sample t-test

b)

Confidence intervals

c)

Chi-square test

d)

1-sample t-test

e)

paired t-test

Answer 1

Option c) is correct.

c)

Chi-square test

We have data in contingency table format.