Question

It has been suggusted that the highest priority of retirees is travel. Thus, a study was conducted to investigate the differences in the length of stay of a trip for pre- and post-retirees. A sample of 707 travelers were asked how long they stayed on a typical trip. The observed results of the study are found below.

Number of Nights	Pre-retirement	Post-retirement	Total
4−7	244	162	406
8−13	83	72	155
14−21	32	59	91
22 or more	21	34	55
Total	380	327	707

With this information, construct a table of estimated expected values.

Number of Nights	Pre-retirement	Post-retirement
4−7
8−13
14−21
22 or more

Now, with that information, determine whether the length of stay is independent of retirement using ?=0.05

(a)  ?2=

(b) Find the degrees of freedom:

(c) Find the critical value:  

(d) The final conclusion is

A. We can reject the null hypothesis that the length of stay is independent of retirement and accept the alternative hypothesis that the two are dependent.
B. There is not sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis that the length of stay is independent of retirement.

Answer 1

The statistical software output for this problem is :

Test statistics = 24.591

Critical value = 7.815

Degrees of freedom = 3

A. We can reject the null hypothesis that the length of stay is independent of retirement and accept the alternative hypothesis that the two are dependent.