In: Statistics and Probability
Eclosion refers to the emergence of an adult insect from an egg. The following data gives eclosion rates when nymphs were exposed to heat for various durations.
Duration (d) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sample size | 126 | 42 | 47 | 44 | 46 | 42 | 10 |
# Emerged: | 107 | 38 | 44 | 40 | 38 | 35 | 7 |
Carry out a chi-squared test to decide whether it is plausible
that eclosion rate does not depend on exposure duration.
a. State the appropriate hypotheses.
b. Calculate the test statistic value. (X^2)