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5. Many people believe that criminals who plead guilty tend to get lighter sentences than those
who are convicted in trials. The accompanying table summarizes randomly selected sample
data for defendants in burglary cases in a specific city. All of the subjects had prior prison
sentences. Use a 0.05 significance level to find the critical value needed to test the claim that
the sentence (sent to prison or not sent to prison) is independent of the plea.
Sent to prison
Not sent to prison
