A newspaper article indicated that 43 percent of cars with black seats are white, 46 percent of cars with black seats are blue, 7 percent of cars with black seats are red, and 4 percent of cars with black seats are black. A test was conducted to investigate whether the color of cars with black … Read more
A large factory that builds machines has three shifts, one that starts at 4:00 A.M., one that starts at noon, and one that starts at 8:00 P.M. The manager of the factory wanted to know whether there is an association between an employee’s work experience (less than five years with the company, between five and … Read more
The logging company would like to use its sample to provide convincing statistical evidence that over 50 percent of the trees in the forest are spruce trees. The logging company has decided to use a chi-square goodness-of-fit test to justify its claim. Why is the chi-square goodness-of-fit test not an appropriate procedure for the logging … Read more
A survey was conducted to investigate whether there is an association between a person’s age and their thoughts on what a state senate should do about state parks. Participants selected from “leave state parks the way they are,” “increase funding to state parks,” or “completely overhaul state parks,” and their age was categorized as under … Read more
A chi-square test for homogeneity was conducted to investigate whether the four high schools in a school district have different absentee rates for each of four grade levels. The chi-square test statistic and p-value of the test were 19.02 and 0.025, respectively. Which of the following is the correct interpretation of the p-value in the … Read more
How are the expected counts calculated when a chi-square goodness-of-fit test is conducted? A) The expected counts are calculated by multiplying each proportion in the null hypothesis by 100. B) The expected counts are calculated by multiplying each proportion in the alternative hypothesis by 100. C) The values observed from the sample are the expected … Read more
An administrator at a local high school wants to investigate whether there is an association between the grade level of a student (either ninth, tenth, eleventh, or twelfth) and how the student commutes to school (either walks, bikes, takes the bus, receives a ride, or drives). After a chi-square test for association was conducted, the … Read more
Which of the following is true about the chi-square test for homogeneity? A) The number of subjects randomly assigned to each treatment is not the same; therefore, it is not appropriate to use a chi-square test for homogeneity across treatment groups. B) Volunteers do not constitute a random sample from the population of all patients … Read more
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