In: Statistics and Probability
Is there a difference between community college statistics students and university statistics students in what technology they use on their homework? Of the randomly selected community college students 67 used a computer, 86 used a calculator with built in statistics functions, and 22 used a table from the textbook. Of the randomly selected university students 40 used a computer, 88 used a calculator with built in statistics functions, and 39 used a table from the textbook. Conduct the appropriate hypothesis test using an αα = 0.01 level of significance.
Number of variables = 1 ( Technology they use on their homework)
Number of samples = 2 (community college statistics students and university statistics students )
We chi-square test of homogeneity for a single categorical variable from two or more different populations.
Homogeneity
H0: The distribution of the technology that community college statistics students use for their homework is the same as the distribution of the technology that university statistics students use for their homework.
H1: The distribution of the technology that community college statistics students use for their homework is not the same as the distribution of the technology that university statistics students use for their homework.
Observed frequencies are,
computer | calculator | textbook | Total | |
community college students | 67 | 86 | 22 | 175 |
university statistics students | 40 | 88 | 39 | 167 |
Total | 107 | 174 | 61 | 342 |
Expected frequencies are,
computer | calculator | textbook | Total | |
community college students | (175 * 107)/342 = 54.75146 | (175 * 174)/342 = 89.03509 | (175 * 61)/342 = 31.21345 | 175 |
university statistics students | (167 * 107)/342 = 52.24854 | (167 * 174)/342 = 84.96491 | (167 * 61)/342 = 29.78655 | 167 |
Total | 107 | 174 | 61 | 342 |
Test statistic,
= 11.39
Degree of freedom, df = (r-1) * (c - 1) = (2 -1) * (3 -1) = 2
P-value = P( > 11.39, df = 2) = 0.0034
The p-value is Select an answer less than α = 0.01
Since p-value is less than the signficance level,
Based on this, we should reject the null
Thus, the final conclusion is...
There is sufficient evidence to conclude that the distribution of the technology that community college statistics students use for their homework is not the same as the distribution of the technology that university statistics students use for their homework.