In: Statistics and Probability
1. Victoria is doing a chi-square test to see if people in California have the same color preferences as people in Arizona. A sample of 100 Californians were polled. Thirty-five people prefer yellow, fifty people prefer green, and fifteen people prefer red. A sample of 50 Arizonans were polled. Ten people prefer yellow, ten people prefer green, and thirty people prefer red. Calculate the test statistic. State the critical value. Come to a conclusion about the null hypothesis. And state what Victoria should conclude about Californian’s and Arizonan’s color preferences? Let α = .05.
2. In the question above (California vs Arizona), if the hull hypothesis were true, what would you expect the chi-squared statistic to equal, on average?
1. The hypothesis being tested is:
H0: California have the same color preferences as people in Arizona
Ha: California have not the same color preferences as people in Arizona
Yellow | Green | Red | Total | ||
California | Observed | 35 | 50 | 15 | 100 |
Expected | 30.00 | 40.00 | 30.00 | 100.00 | |
O - E | 5.00 | 10.00 | -15.00 | 0.00 | |
(O - E)² / E | 0.83 | 2.50 | 7.50 | 10.83 | |
Arizona | Observed | 10 | 10 | 30 | 50 |
Expected | 15.00 | 20.00 | 15.00 | 50.00 | |
O - E | -5.00 | -10.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | |
(O - E)² / E | 1.67 | 5.00 | 15.00 | 21.67 | |
Total | Observed | 45 | 60 | 45 | 150 |
Expected | 45.00 | 60.00 | 45.00 | 150.00 | |
O - E | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
(O - E)² / E | 2.50 | 7.50 | 22.50 | 32.50 | |
5.991 | critical value | ||||
32.50 | chi-square | ||||
2 | df | ||||
8.76E-08 | p-value |
The test statistic is 32.50.
The critical value is 5.991.
Since 32.50 > 5.991, we can reject the null hypothesis.
Therefore, we can conclude that California have not the same color preferences as people in Arizona.
2. If the hull hypothesis were true, the chi-squared statistic would be equal to 32.50, on average.