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Chapter 1: Q. 5 (page 76)

Use the data in the previous exercise to determine whether there is an association between Facebook use and age. Give appropriate graphical and numerical evidence to support your answer

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The final supporting answer about the graph is an association

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Provided information

The table of uses Facebook users are

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Final result 

As per the bar graph, the width of the bar is the same the height would be equally provided with the percentage.

In each group, percentage of Facebook user is different and

95.12 of the younger people, 70 % of the middle-aged people and 31.34 \% of the older people use Facebook. So, the final supporting answer about the graph is an association.

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