In: Statistics and Probability
A psychologist conducted a survey of the attitude towards the sustainability of American energy consumption with 200200 randomly selected individuals several years ago. The psychologist believes that these attitudes have changed over time. To test this he randomly selects 200200 individuals and asks them the same questions. Can the psychologist confirm his theory that the attitudes have changed from the first survey to the second survey?
Attitude | 1st Survey | 2nd Survey |
---|---|---|
Optimistic | 28% | 32% |
Slightly Optimistic | 8% | 9% |
Slightly Pessimistic | 36% | 31% |
Pessimistic | 28% | 28% |
Step 6 of 10 :
Find the value of the test statistic. Round your answer to three decimal places.
A psychologist conducted a survey of the attitude towards the sustainability of American energy consumption with 200 randomly selected individuals several years ago. The psychologist believes that these attitudes have changed over time. To test this he randomly selects 200 individuals and asks them the same questions. Can the psychologist confirm his theory that the attitudes have changed from the first survey to the second survey?
Attitude |
1st Survey |
2nd Survey |
Optimistic |
28% |
32% |
Slightly Optimistic |
8% |
9% |
Slightly Pessimistic |
36% |
31% |
Pessimistic |
28% |
28% |
Step 6 of 10 :
Find the value of the test statistic. Round your answer to three decimal places.
test statistic = 2.782
calculated test statistic = 2.782 < critical chi square at 5% level 7.815.
Ho is not rejected.
There is not enough evidence to conclude that attitudes have changed from the first survey to the second survey.
Goodness of Fit Test |
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observed |
expected |
O - E |
(O - E)² / E |
% of chisq |
|
64 |
56.000 |
8.000 |
1.143 |
41.08 |
|
18 |
16.000 |
2.000 |
0.250 |
8.99 |
|
62 |
72.000 |
-10.000 |
1.389 |
49.93 |
|
56 |
56.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.00 |
|
Total |
200 |
200.000 |
2.782 |
100.00 |
|
2.782 |
chi-square |
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3 |
df |
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.4265 |
p-value |