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1. A doctor claims that the number of births by day of the week is uniformly distributed. To test this
claim, you randomly select 700 births from a recent year and record the day of the week on which each
takes place. The table shows the result. At α =0.10 , test the doctor’s claim.
Day Frequency
Sunday 65
Monday 107
Tuesday 117
Wednesda 115
y
Thursday 114
Friday 107
Saturday 73
Solution :
DAY OF THE WEEK
SUN MO TUE WED TH FRI SAT
N U
OBSERVE 65 107 117 115 114 109 73
D
EXPECTED 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
3. α =0.10
4. degrees of freedom
v=k −n
where k =number of cells∧n=number of quantities involve ¿ obtain theexpected frequency
v=7−1
v=6
2 2
5. critical region: χ < χ α ∨ χ 2> χ α 2
1−
2 2
χ 2 <1.237∨ χ 2 >12.592
2
2 ( oi−ei )
χ =∑
ei
χ 2=27.94
6. Decision:
χ2> χ α 2
2
27.9>12.592
REJECT : H 0 : The distribution isuniform
2. You are investigating the relationship between the ages of U.S adults and what aspect of career
development they consider to be the most important. You randomly collect the data shown in the
contingency table. At α =0.05 , is there enough evidence to conclude that age is related to which aspect
of career development is considered to be most important?
Solution :
Career Development aspect
AGE Learning New Skills Pay Increases Career Path TOTAL
18−26 years 31 22 21 74
27−41 years 27 31 33 91
42−61 years 19 14 8 41
TOTAL 77 67 62 206
4. degrees of freedom
χ 2 >9.488
77 × 74
First row∧first column expected frequency = =27.66019417476 ≈ 28
206
77 × 91
S econd row∧first column expected frequency = =34.0145631068≈ 35
206
67 ×74
First row∧second column expected frequency= =24.06796116505 ≈ 25
206
67 × 91
Second row ∧second column expected frequency = =29.59708737864 ≈ 30
206
χ 2=9.81366300366
6. Decision
Since χ 2=9.81366300366
therefore χ 2> χ α 2
REJECT : H 0 : Age isindependent ¿ aspect of career development
3. You are investigating the relationship between the ages of U.S adults and what aspect of career
development they consider to be the most important. You randomly collect the data shown in the
contingency table. What can you say about the career development aspect? At α =0.10 .
Solution :
Based on the solution of problem ¿ 2.With a two−tailed test at α=0.10
Since χ 2=9.81366300366
therefore χ 2> χ α 2