Chapter 11: Problem 1
Describe the chi-square distribution. What is the parameter (parameters) of such a distribution?
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Chapter 11: Problem 1
Describe the chi-square distribution. What is the parameter (parameters) of such a distribution?
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Determine the value of \(\chi^{2}\) for 23 degrees of freedom and an area of \(.990\) in the left tail of the chisquare distribution curve.
Of all students enrolled at a large undergraduate university, \(19 \%\) are seniors, \(23 \%\) are juniors, \(27 \%\) are sophomores, and \(31 \%\) are freshmen. A sample of 200 students taken from this university by the student senate to conduct a survey includes 50 seniors, 46 juniors, 55 sophomores, and 49 freshmen. Using a \(2.5 \%\) significance level, test the null hypothesis that this sample is a random sample. (Hint: This sample will be a random sample if it includes approximately \(19 \%\) seniors, \(23 \%\) juniors, \(27 \%\) sophomores, and \(31 \%\) freshmen.)
A random sample of 25 students taken from a university gave the variance of their GPAs equal to \(.19 .\) a. Construct the \(99 \%\) confidence intervals for the population variance and standard deviation. Assume that the GPAs of all students at this university are (approximately) normally distributed. b. The variance of GPAs of all students at this university was \(.13\) two years ago. Test at a \(1 \%\) significance level whether the variance of current GPAs at this university is different from \(13 .\)
To make a goodness-of-fit test, what should be the minimum expected frequency for each category? What are the alternatives if this condition is not satisfied?
Determine the value of \(\chi^{2}\) for 13 degrees of freedom and a. 025 area in the left tail of the chi-square distribution curve b. \(.995\) area in the right tail of the chi-square distribution curve
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