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71 Japanese students chose A, the birthday party, and 49 Japanese students chose B, the dinner with your boss. The chi-square=4.0 of the two numbers indicates that Japanese students might tend to refuse the boss's invitation, however, the figure=4.0 is slightly larger than 3.84. (p=0.05 level) It means the Japanese students would have a difficult time deciding one from the other.
On the other hand, 15 American students chose A, the birthday party, and nobody chose B, the dinner with your boss. The chi-square=15.0 of the two numbers indicates that America students tend to refuse the boss's invitation. The figure=15.0 much larger than 6.635. (p=0.01)
Comparing the two groups, the chi-square=9.01 indicates that the two groups have the culturally different criteria for decision-making. The American group tend to value their private occasions higher than the Japanese group who might sacrifice their private life for their work.
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