In: Statistics and Probability
The national distribution of fatal work injuries in a country is
shown in the table to the right under
National %. You believe that the distribution of fatal work
injuries is different in the western part of the
country and randomly select 5000 fatal work injuries occurring in
that region. At
α= 0.10, can you conclude that the distribution of fatal work
injuries in the west is different from the
national distribution?
% Actual counts
Category 1 20% 1020
Category 2 30% 1505
Category 3 40% 2100
Category 4 10% 375
H0: Null Hypothesis: The distribution of fatal work injuries in the west is not different from the national distribution
HA:Alternative Hypothesis: The distribution of fatal work injuries in the west is different from the national distribution (Claim)
Test Statistic () is got as follows:
Category | Observed (O) | Expected (E) | (O - E)2/E |
Category 1 | 1020 | 5000 X 0.20= 1000 | 0.400 |
Category 2 | 1505 | 5000 X 0.30 = 1500 | 0.017 |
Category 3 | 2100 | 5000 X 0.40 = 2000 | 5.000 |
Category 4 | 375 | 5000 X 0.10 = 500 | 31.250 |
Total = = | 36.667 |
dt = 4 - 1 = 3
From Table, critical value of =6.251
Since caluclated value of = 36.667 is greater than critical value of = 6.251. the difference is different. Reject null hypothesis.
Conclusion:
The data support the claim that the distribution of fatal work injuries in the west is different from the national distribution (Claim)