Stat 202

χ2-test practice problems

Text problems 13.17; 13.19; 13.21; 13.35; 13.38

Very brief solutions:

Problem H0 (H1 always Test DF and decision Conclusion

says that H0 is Stat rule
not true) Value
13.17 Prob. Of 7.30 2, Reject H0, conclude that gifts
selecting any gift reject if > 5.991 are not equally attractive
= 1/3
13.19 Prob. That 13.80 4, Reject H0, conclude that
absence occurs reject if > 13.277 absences not equally distributed
on any specific through the week
day is 0.2
13.21 Dist. Is Poisson 0.92 3 (no parameters Fail to reject H0, conclude that
with λ = 1.5. estimated), data could have come from
reject if > 7.815 Poisson dist.

13.21

H0: Favorite magazine is independent of type of car owned H1: They’re dependent

Here’s Minitab’s analysis on this.

Tabulated statistics: Type, Mag

Using frequencies in Freq

Rows: Type Columns: Mag

C&D MT R&T All

Dom 19 22 23 64
26.70 17.19 20.11 64.00
2.2192 1.3468 0.4140 *

Import 54 25 32 111
46.30 29.81 34.89 111.00
1.2795 0.7765 0.2387 *

All 73 47 55 175
73.00 47.00 55.00 175.00
* * * *

Cell Contents: Count

Expected count
Contribution to Chi-square
Pearson Chi-Square = 6.275, DF = 2, P-Value = 0.043

You should to obtain the χ2-stat value of 6.275 manually. The values below each observed
frequency are the expected frequency for the cell and the cell’s contribution to the total χ2-stat.

The critical value with 2 DF is 5.991, so the decision rule is to reject H0 is the test stat > 5.991.
Since 6.275 > 5.991 we’d reject H0 and conclude that there is a relation between the type of car
driven and the favorite magazine. You can’t determine the exact p-value from our table, but you
should be able to determine that it is between 0.025 and 0.05.

13.38

Test H0: Recommended action is independent of inspector H1: It’s not independent

Here’s Minitab’s analysis:

Tabulated statistics: Action, Inspector

Using frequencies in Freq_

Rows: Action Columns: Inspector

A B C All

Major 20 14 13 47
16.92 15.98 14.10 47.00
0.5607 0.2453 0.0858 *

Minor 18 16 23 57
20.52 19.38 17.10 57.00
0.3095 0.5895 2.0357 *

Scrap 16 21 9 46
16.56 15.64 13.80 46.00
0.0189 1.8369 1.6696 *

All 54 51 45 150
54.00 51.00 45.00 150.00
* * * *

Cell Contents: Count

Expected count
Contribution to Chi-square

Pearson Chi-Square = 7.352, DF = 4, P-Value = 0.118

Again, you should be able to manually obtain the numerical results, with the exception of the p-
value (you should be able to determine from our table that it is larger than 0.10). The critical
value is 7.79 (reject H0 if test stat > 7.79). Since 7.352 < 7.79, we do not reject H0. We conclude
that the recommended action is not related to the inspector used.