The Dean the School of education, Mount Kenya University wants to determine whether there are statistically significant difference of opinion among the different cadres of academic staff members at the university concerning a proposed curriculum change in which postgraduate students are to be taught research methods on-line. Interviewing a sample of 313 members of the academic staff constituting 104 Lecturers, 131 Senior Lecturers, and 78 Professors, the Dean obtained the results shown in the following table:
Rank
Response
Lecturer
Senior Lecturer
Professor
Total
Against
47
34
14
95
Not committed
41
49
29
119
In support
16
48
35
99
Total
104
131
78
313
Compute a chi-square test for the above data and draw conclusion at α = .05
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