In: Statistics and Probability
A poll was conducted to investigate opinions about global warming. The respondents who answered yes when asked if there is solid evidence that the earth is getting warmer were then asked to select a cause of global warming. The results are given in the accompanying data table. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that the sex of the respondent is independent of the choice for the cause of global warming. Do men and women appear to agree, or is there a substantial difference? Human activity Natural patterns Don't know Male 309 143 59 Female 298 161 60 Identify the null and alternative hypotheses. Ho: (1)__________and (2)___________are (3)_____________ H1: (4)__________and (5)___________are (6)_____________ Compute the test statistic. _________________________ (Round to three decimal places as needed.) Find the critical value(s). ____________________ (Round to three decimal places as needed. Use a comma to separate answers as needed.) What is the conclusion based on the hypothesis test? (7)_____________ Ho. There (8)___________sufficient evidence to warrant rejection of the claim that the sex of the respondent is independent of the choice for the cause of global warming. Men and women (9)__________to agree. (1) Respondents who answered yes The choice for human activity The sex of the respondent (2) the choice for the cause of global warming the respondents who answered no the choice for natural patterns (3) independent. dependent. (4) Respondents who answered yes The choice for human activity The sex of the respondent (5) the respondents who answered no the choice for natural patterns the choice for the cause of global warming (6) independent. dependent. (7) Reject Fail to reject (8) is not is (9) do not appear appear