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2Japanese students choseA, ask the teacher,and 59Japanese students choseB,ask your friends.The chi-square=53.26 indicates that Japanese students depend on their friends. 53.26 is much larger than 6.635.
On the other hand,27 foreign students chose A and nobody chose B.The chi-square=27.0 indicates that foreign students depend on their teachers.27.0 is much larger than 6.635.
Comparing the two groups,the chi-square=79.24 indicates that the two groups have the culturally different criteria for dicision-making.The Japanese students hate conspicuousness and feel ashamed of asking the teacher. We regard the teachers as teaching us one-sidedly and controlling the class in order to keep good condition. On the other hand,foreign students are thinking that it is natural for them to ask the teachers. For they regard the teachers as teaching them and responding to their questions and solving their problems together. The figure=79.24 is much larger than 6.635.
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