Chapter 11: Q.40 (page 657)
Graph the situation. Label and scale the horizontal axis. Mark the mean and test statistic. Shade in the region corresponding to the p-value.
Short Answer
The graph:
Chapter 11: Q.40 (page 657)
Graph the situation. Label and scale the horizontal axis. Mark the mean and test statistic. Shade in the region corresponding to the p-value.
The graph:
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Transit Railroads is interested in the relationship between travel distance and the ticket class purchased. A random sample of passengers is taken. Table 11.31 shows the results. The railroad wants to know if a passenger’s choice in ticket class is independent of the distance they must travel.
State the hypothesis:
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Determine the appropriate test to be used in the next three exercises.
An archeologist is calculating the distribution of the frequency of the number of artifacts she finds in a dig site. Based on
previous digs, the archeologist creates an expected distribution broken down by grid sections in the dig site. Once the site has been fully excavated, she compares the actual number of artifacts found in each grid section to see if her expectation was accurate.
A manager of a sports club keeps information concerning the main sport in which members participate and their ages. To test whether there is a relationship between the age of a member and his or her choice of sport, members of the sports club are randomly selected. Conduct a test of independence.
A teacher predict that the distribution of grades on the final exam will be and they are recorded in table 11.27
The actual distribution for a class of 20 is in table 11.28
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