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ChiSquareHypothesisTestsforAssociationorIndependence
1. CalculatetheexpectedvaluesforthecellsmarkedA,B,andCinthefollowing
table:(2points)
A
B
120
144
C
122
104
170
112
386
2. Youdecidetoresearchacertaintopic.Youcollectdataandorganizethemintoa5X7
table.Youfindthatachisquaretestwouldbevalidforyourdata,andfindthatthis
tablehasaX2 of34.5.
A. Whatconclusionwouldyoudrawabouttherelationshipbetweenthesetwo
variablesif a =.05?(2points)
B. Whatconclusionwouldyoudrawabouttherelationshipbetweenthesetwo
variablesif a =.10?(2points)
3. Calculatedegreesoffreedom,X2,andanexactPvalueforthefollowingtable:
(2points)
79
103
68
93
44
99
4. Youwanttoknowifthere'sanassociationbetweencollegestudents'springbreak
destinationsandwhatyearthey'rein.Youtakearandomsampleof405college
studentsandrecordthefollowingdata:
Amusement
Parks
Freshman
23
Sophomore
34
Junior
25
Senior
27
Mexico
21
23
30
33
Home
43
14
23
17
Other
21
26
26
19
A. Setupyournullandalternativehypotheses.(2points)
B. Whatareyourdegreesoffreedom?(2points)
C. UsingyourTI83,computetheexpectedvaluesforeachcell.(2points)
D. Willachisquarehypothesistestofindependencebevalidinthissituation?
Explain.(2points)
E. Whatareyourteststatistic(X2)andPvalue?(2points)
F. Whatcanyouconcludeif a =.01?(2points)
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StatisticsAssignment
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ChiSquareHypothesisTestsforAssociationorIndependence
5. Ahotelwantstoknowifthere'sarelationshipbetweengenderandtheway
customersmakeroomreservations.Amanagertakesarandomsampleof160
reservations.Sherecordswhethertheyweremadebyamanorawoman,and
alsorecordshowthereservationwasmade.Shegetsthefollowingdata:
Men
Women
Phone
28
Fax
9
Email
37
45
12
29
Performachisquaresignificancetestofassociationwith a =.05.Besureto
includeyournullandalternativehypotheses,ajustificationfortheuseofthis
test,yourteststatisticcalculations,yourPvalue,andyourconclusion.
(5points)
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expresswrittenpermissionofApexLearningInc.