Chapter 11: Q.20 (page 694)
The chi-square statistic is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
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The correct answer is
(a)
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Chapter 11: Q.20 (page 694)
The chi-square statistic is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
The correct answer is
(a)
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Removing warts A recently reported study looked at the use of oral zinc supplements to get rid of warts. The treatment group took an oral zinc supplement. Of these people, were rid of their warts after one month, and additional patients were rid of them after two months. The subjects in a control group were given a placebo. Of these, was rid of his warts after one month and additional patients were rid of their warts after two months. The reported results of the study included this table.

(a) The researchers say they did a chi-square test on this table. Explain why that makes no sense. Then make a correct two-way table displaying the results of the experiment.
(b) Explain why it is not appropriate to use a chi-square test in this setting even with the correct two-way table.
Which of the following explains why one of the conditions for performing the chi-square test is met in this case?
(a) The sample is large, teenagers in all.
(b) The sample is random.
(c) All the observed counts are greater than .
(d) We used software to do the calculations.
(e) Both variables are categorical.
Researchers looked at a random sample of full-page ads that show a model in magazines aimed at young men, at young women, or at young adults in general. They classified the ads as 鈥渘ot sexual鈥 or 鈥渟exual,鈥 depending on how the model was dressed (or not dressed). Here are the data:

The figure below displays Minitab output for a chi-square test using these data

a) Which type of chi-square test should be used in this case? Justify your answer.
(b) State an appropriate pair of hypotheses for the test you chose in part (a).
(c) Show how each of the numbers and was obtained for the 鈥渘otsexy, Women鈥 cell
(d) Assuming that the conditions for performing inference are met, what conclusion would you draw? Explain
Does eating chocolate trigger headaches? To find out, women with chronic headaches followed the same diet except for eating chocolate bars and carob bars that looked and tasted the same. Each subject ate both chocolate and carob bars in random order with at least three days between. Each woman then reported whether or not she had a headache within hours of eating the bar. Here is a two-way table of the results for the subjects:

The researchers carried out a chi-square test on this table to see if the two types of bar differ in triggering headaches. Explain why this test is incorrect.
No chi-square A school鈥檚 principal wants to know if students spend about the same amount of time on homework each night of the week. She asks a random sample of students to keep track of their homework time for a week. The following table displays the average amount of time (in minutes) students reported per night:

Explain carefully why it would not be appropriate to perform a chi-square goodness-of-铿乼 test using these data.
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