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In reference to the year 2000 national census, the distribution of United States households according to...

In reference to the year 2000 national census, the distribution of United States households according to type of living arrangement is given in the table below. An SRS of 500 households gives the observed frequencies, by household type, for the city of Aurora, Illinois.

Ethnic Origin    Census Percent    Observed frequency from sample

Married, with children                        25%                                                  95

Married, with no children                    20%                                                110

Single parent                                    5%                                                    35

Single individual                               15%                                                 65

One person                                      20%                                                 120

Other (roommate, etc.)                      15%                                                   75

Using a significance level of 0.05, test the claim that the Aurora distribution fits the distribution obtained by the census personnel.

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null hypothesis:Ho:  Aurora distribution fits the distribution obtained by the census personnel.

alternate hypothesis:Ha: Aurora distribution is different thn the distribution obtained by the census personnel.

degree of freedom =categories-1=6-1=5

for 5 df and 0.05 level rejection region >11.070

applying chi square goodness of fit test:

observed Expected Chi square
category Probability(p) Oi Ei=total*p R2i=(Oi-Ei)2/Ei
married w children 0.250 95.000 125.00 7.200
married w no children 0.200 110.000 100.00 1.000
single parent 0.050 35.000 25.00 4.000
single individual 0.150 65.000 75.00 1.33
one person 0.200 120.000 100.00 4.00
other 0.150 75.000 75.00 0.00
total 1.000 500 500 17.53

as test statistic 17.53 is higher than critical value ; we reject null hypothesis

we have sufficient evidence to conclude that   Aurora distribution is different from the distribution obtained by the census personnel.


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