Problem #1

Absenteeism of college students from math classes is a major concern to math instructors
because missing class appears to increase the drop rate. Three statistics instructors wondered
whether the absentee rate was the same for everyday of the school week. They took a sample
of absent students from three of their statistics classes during one week of the term. How many
students do you expect to be absent on any given school day?

Days No. of
students
absent
Monday 28
Tuesday 22
Wednesday 18
Thursday 20
Friday 32

Use 0.05 level of significance.

a) null hypothesis: the absentee rate is same for everyday of the school week. p1=p2=p3=p4
Alternative hypothesis, at least one of the absentee rates is not the same every day of the
school week. At least one p1=/=p2=/=p3=/=p4

b) chisq = 5.667 = sum(Oi-Ei)^2/Ei

alpha = 0.05
k = 5.00
critival value = CHISQ.INV.RT(0.05,5-1) = 9.488
p-value = 0.225463141 CHISQ.TEST (B2:B4,D2:D4)
Fail to Reject Ho.
c) Consider the column of expected frequency

Answer: 24
Problem #2
A public opinion poll surveyed a simple random sample of 1000 voters. Respondents were
classified by gender (male or female) and by voting preference (Republican, Democrat, or
Independent). Results are shown in the contingency table below.
Voting Preferences
Republican Democrat Independent Row Total
Male 200 150 50 400
Female 250 300 50 600
Column Total 450 450 100 1000

Is there a gender gap? Do the men’s voting preferences differ significantly from the women’s
preferences? Use a 0.05 level of significance.

a. Ho: Gender and voting preferences are independent.

b. Ha: Gender and voting preferences are not independent.
c. the significance level is 0.05
d. d.f = (2-1) X (3-1) = 1 X 2 = 2
e. The test statistics below:

Row E 0 (0-E) (0−Ε)2 (0−E)

2

Columns
E
1,1 (400*450)/1000=180 200 20 400 2.222
1,2 (400*450)/1000=180 150 -30 900 5
1,3 (400*100)/1000=40 50 10 100 2.5
2,1 (600*450)/1000=270 250 -20 400 1.481
2,2 (600*450)/1000=270 300 30 900 3.333
2,3 (600*100)/1000=60 50 -10 100 1.667

2
2 (observed −expected)
x= =16.2
expected

f. from a= 0.05 and d.f = 2, the critical value is 4.605

g. Since the P-value (0.0003) is less than the significance level (0.05), we cannot accept the null
hypothesis. Thus, we conclude that there is a relationship between gender and voting
preference.