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True/False
1. In a chi-square goodness-of-fit test, theoretical frequencies are also called expected frequencies.
Ans: True
2. In a chi-square goodness-of-fit test, actual frequencies are also called calculated frequencies.
Ans: False
3. The number of degrees of freedom in a chi-square goodness-of-fit test is the number of categories minus the
number of parameters estimated.
Ans: False
4. The number of degrees of freedom in a chi-square goodness-of-fit test is the number of categories minus the
number of parameters estimated minus one.
Ans: True
5. A chi-square goodness-of-fit test is being used to test the goodness-of-fit of a normal distribution (the mean
and the standard deviation of which must be estimated. for a data with "k" categories. This test has (k-3)
degrees of freedom.
Ans: True
6. The null hypothesis in a chi-square goodness-of-fit test is that the observed distribution is the same as the
expected distribution.
Ans: True
7. The decision rule in a chi-square goodness-of-fit test is to reject the null hypothesis if the computed chi-
square is greater than the table chi-square.
Ans: True
8. When using the chi-square goodness-of-fit test, we must make sure that none of the expected frequencies is
less than 30.
Ans: False
9. A chi-square goodness-of-fit test to determine if the observed frequencies in seven categories are uniformly
distributed has six degrees of freedom.
Ans: True
10. A chi-square goodness-of-fit test to determine if the observed frequencies in ten categories are Poisson
distributed has nine degrees of freedom.
Ans: False
11. A two-way table used for a test of independence is sometimes called a contingency table.
Ans: True
12. In a chi-square test of independence the contingency table has 4 rows and 3 columns. The number of
degrees of freedom for this test is 12.
Ans: False
13. In a chi-square test of independence the contingency table has 4 rows and 3 columns. The number of
degrees of freedom for this test is 7.
Ans: False
14. In a chi-square test of independence the contingency table has 4 rows and 3 columns. The number of
degrees of freedom for this test is 6.
Ans: True
15. The null hypothesis for a chi-square test of independence is that the two variables are not related.
Ans: True
Multiple Choice
16. A goodness of fit test is to be performed to see if consumers prefer any of three package designs (A, B, and
C. more than the other two. A sample of 60 consumers is used. What is the expected frequency for category
A?
a. 1/3
b. 20
c. 60

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d. 10
e. 30
Ans: b
17. A goodness of fit test is to be performed to see if Web Surfers prefer any of four Web sites (A, B, C and D.
more than the other three. A sample of 60 consumers is used. What is the expected frequency for Web site A?
a. 1/4
b. 20
c. 15
d. 10
e. 30
Ans: c
18. A variable contains five categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these five
categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 27,
30, 29, 21, and 24. Using  = .01, the degrees of freedom for this test are _______.
a. 5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2
e. 1
Ans: b
19. A variable contains five categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these five
categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 27,
30, 29, 21, and 24. Using  = .01, the critical value of chi-square is _______.
a. 7.78
b. 15.09
c. 9.24
d. 13.28
e. 15.48
Ans: d
20. A variable contains five categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these five
categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 27,
30, 29, 21, and 24. Using  = .01, the observed value of chi-square is _______.
a. 12.09
b. 9.82
c. 13.28
d. 17.81
e. 2.09
Ans: e
21. A variable contains five categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these five
categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 27,
30, 29, 21, and 24. Using  = .01, the appropriate decision is _______.
a. reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
b. reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
c. do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
d. do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
e. do nothing
Ans: c
22. A variable contains five categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these five
categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 26,
10, 17, 21, and 26. Using  = .01, the critical chi-square value is _______.

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a. 13.277
b. 15.086
c. 7.779
d. 11.070
e. 14.356
Ans: a
23. A variable contains five categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these five
categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 26,
10, 17, 21, and 26. Using  = .01, the observed chi-square value is _______.
a. 1.18
b. 9.10
c. 20.27
d. 4.51
e. 19.70
Ans: b
24. A variable contains five categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these five
categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 26,
10, 17, 21, and 26. Using  = .01, the appropriate decision is _______.
a. do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
b. do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
c. reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
d. reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
e. do nothing
Ans: a
25. A variable contains five categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these five
categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 26,
10, 17, 21, and 26. Using  = .10, the appropriate decision is _______.
a. do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
b. do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
c. reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
d. reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
e. do nothing
Ans: c
26. A variable contains four categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these four
categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 22,
35, 32, and 21. Using  = .05, the critical chi-square value is _______.
a. 13.277
b. 15.086
c. 7.8147
d. 11.070
e. 15.546
Ans: c
27. A variable contains four categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these four
categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 22,
35, 32, and 21. Using  = .05, the observed chi-square value is _______.
a. 5.418
b. 9.10
c. 20.27
d. 4.51
e. 7.86

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Ans: a
28. A variable contains four categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these four
categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 22,
35, 32, and 21. Using  = .05, the appropriate decision is _______.
a. do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
b. do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
c. reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
d. reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
e. do nothing
Ans: a
29. A variable contains four categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these four
categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 22,
35, 32, and 21. Using  = .10, the appropriate decision is _______.
a. do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
b. do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
c. reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
d. reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
e. do nothing
Ans: a
30. A chi-square goodness of fit test is to be performed to see if data fit the Poisson distribution. There are 6
categories, and lambda must be estimated. How many degrees of freedom should be used?
a. 6
b. 5
c. 4
d. 3
e. 2
Ans: c
31. A chi-square goodness of fit test is to be performed to see if data fit the Poisson distribution. There are 8
categories, and lambda must be estimated. How many degrees of freedom should be used?
a. 8
b. 7
c. 6
d. 5
e. 4
Ans: c
32. A chi-square goodness of fit test is to be performed to see if data fit the Poisson distribution. There are 8
categories, and lambda must be estimated. Alpha is chosen to be 0.10. The critical (table. value of chi-square
is _______.
a. 10.645
b. 12.017
c. 3.828
d. 16.812
e. 17.345
Ans: a
33. A researcher believes that a variable is Poisson distributed across six categories. To test this, the following
random sample of observations is collected:
Category 0 1 2 3 4 5
Observed 47 56 39 22 18 10
Using  = 0.10, the critical chi-square value for this goodness-of-fit test is _______.
a. 1.064

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b. 13.277
c. 9.236
d. 8.799
e. 7.779
Ans: e
34. A researcher believes that a variable is Poisson distributed across six categories. To test this, the following
random sample of observations is collected:
Category 0 1 2 3 4 5
Observed 47 56 39 22 18 10
Using  = 0.10, the observed chi-square value for this goodness-of-fit test is ____.
a. 2.28
b. 14.56
c. 17.43
d. 1.68
e. 2.67
Ans: b
35. A researcher believes that a variable is Poisson distributed across six categories. To test this, the following
random sample of observations is collected:
Category 0 1 2 3 4 >5
Observed 7 18 25 17 12 5
Using  = 0.10, the critical value of chi-square for the data is _______.
a. 9.236
b. 7.779
b. 1.064
c. 13.277
d. 12.89
Ans: b
36. A researcher believes that a variable is Poisson distributed across six categories. To test this, the following
random sample of observations is collected:
Category 0 1 2 3 4 >5
Observed 7 18 25 17 12 5
Using  = 0.10, the value of the observed chi-square for the data is _______.
a. 19.37
b. 2.29
c. 1.74
d. 3.28
e. 4.48
Ans: c
37. Sami Schmitt believes that number of cars arriving at his Scrub and Shine Car Wash follow a Poisson
distribution. He collected a random sample and constructed the following frequency distribution to test his
hypothesis.
Cars per 15 minute interval 0 1 2 3 4 >5
Observed Frequency 5 15 17 12 10 8
The number of degrees of freedom for this goodness-of-fit test is _______.
a. 5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2
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Ans: b
38. Sami Schmitt believes that number of cars arriving at his Scrub and Shine Car Wash follow a Poisson
distribution. He collected a random sample and constructed the following frequency distribution to test his
hypothesis.
Cars per 15 minute interval 0 1 2 3 4 >5
Observed Frequency 5 15 17 12 10 8
Using  = 0.05, the critical value of chi-square for this goodness-of-fit test is ____.
a. 9.49
b. 7.81
c. 7.78
d. 11.07
e. 12.77
Ans: a
39. Sami Schmitt believes that number of cars arriving at his Scrub and Shine Car Wash follow a Poisson
distribution. He collected a random sample and constructed the following frequency distribution to test his
hypothesis.
Cars per 15 minute interval 0 1 2 3 4 >5
Observed Frequency 5 15 17 12 10 8
The observed value of chi-square for this goodness-of-fit test is _____.
a. 0.73
b. 6.72
c. 3.15
d. 7.81
e. 9.87
Ans: a
40. Sami Schmitt believes that number of cars arriving at his Scrub and Shine Car Wash follow a Poisson
distribution. He collected a random sample and constructed the following frequency distribution to test his
hypothesis.
Cars per 15 minute interval 0 1 2 3 4 >5
Observed Frequency 5 15 17 12 10 8
Using  = 0.05, the appropriate decision for this goodness-of-fit test is ____.
a. reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is Poisson
b. reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not Poisson
c. do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not Poisson
d. do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is Poisson
e. do nothing
Ans: d
41. Ophelia O'Brien, VP of Consumer Credit of American First Banks (AFB), monitors the default rate on
personal loans at the AFB member banks. One of her standards is: "no more than 5% of personal loans
should be in default." On each Friday, the default rate is calculated for a sample of 500 personal loans. Last
Friday's sample contained 30 defaulted loans. Ophelia's null hypothesis is _______.
a. p > 0.05
b. p = 0.05
c.   30
d.  > 30
e. s > 30
Ans: b
42. Ophelia O'Brien, VP of Consumer Credit of American First Banks (AFB), monitors the default rate on
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be in default." On each Friday, the default rate is calculated for a sample of 500 personal loans. Last Friday's
sample contained 30 defaulted loans. Using  = 0.01, critical chi-square value is _______.
a. 6.63
b. 9.21
c. 7.88
d. 10.60
e. 12.34
Ans: a
43. Ophelia O'Brien, VP of Consumer Credit of American First Banks (AFB), monitors the default rate on
personal loans at the AFB member banks. One of her standards is "no more than 5% of personal loans should
be in default." On each Friday, the default rate is calculated for a sample of 500 personal loans. Last Friday's
sample contained 30 defaulted loans. Using  = 0.01, observed chi-square value is _______.
a. 13.38
b. 26.29
c. 2.09
d. 1.05
e. 3.98
Ans: d
44. Ophelia O'Brien, VP of Consumer Credit of American First Banks (AFB), monitors the default rate on
personal loans at the AFB member banks. One of her standards is "no more than 5% of personal loans should
be in default." On each Friday, the default rate is calculated for a sample of 500 personal loans. Last Friday's
sample contained 30 defaulted loans. Using  = 0.01, the appropriate decision is _______.
a. reject the null hypothesis p > 0.05
b. do not reject the null hypothesis p = 0.05
c. reject the null hypothesis  > 30
d. do not reject the null hypothesis   30
e. do nothing
Ans: b
45. A cancer research group surveys 100 women more than 40 years old to test the hypothesis that 50% of
women in this age group have regularly scheduled mammograms. Forty of the women respond affirmatively.
Using  = 0.05, the null hypothesis is __________.
a.  > 80
b.   80
c. p > 0.50
d. p = 0.50
e. s ≥ 0.80
Ans: d
46. A cancer research group surveys 100 women more than 40 years old to test the hypothesis that 50% of
women in this age group have regularly scheduled mammograms. Forty of the women respond affirmatively.
Using  = 0.05, the alternative hypothesis is __________.
a. p < 0.50
b. p ≠ 0.50
c. p > 0.50
d. p = 0.50
e. p ≠ 0.40
Ans: b
47. A cancer research group surveys 100 women more than 40 years old to test the hypothesis that 50% of
women in this age group have regularly scheduled mammograms. Forty of the women respond affirmatively.
Using  = 0.05, the critical value of chi-square is _______.
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b. 5.02
c. 3.84
d. 5.99
e. 6.99
Ans: c
48. A cancer research group surveys 100 women more than 40 years old to test the hypothesis that 50% of
women in this age group have regularly scheduled mammograms. Forty of the women respond affirmatively.
Using  = 0.05, the observed value of chi-square is __________.
a. 4.00
b. 2.00
c. 0.5
d. 3.71
e. 2.97
Ans: a
49. A cancer research group surveys 100 women more than 40 years old to test the hypothesis that 50% of
women in this age group have regularly scheduled mammograms. Forty of the women respond affirmatively.
Using  = 0.05, the appropriate decision is ________.
a. do not reject the null hypothesis p ≠0.50
b. reject the null hypothesis p = 0.50
c. reject the null hypothesis p < 0.50
d. p < 0.50
e. do nothing
Ans: b
50. A test of independence is to be performed. The contingency table has 4 rows and 5 columns. What would
the degrees of freedom be?
a. 20
b. 9
c. 7
d. 12
e. 19
Ans: d
51. A contingency table is to be used to test for independence. There are 3 rows and 3 columns in the table.
How many degrees of freedom are there for this problem?
a. 6
b. 5
c. 4
d. 3
e. 1
Ans: c
52. A contingency table has five rows and six columns. When applying a chi-square test of independence to
this table, the number of degrees of freedom is _____.
a. 9
b. 20
c. 30
d. 11
e. 12
Ans: b
53. A contingency table has seven rows and five columns. When applying a chi-square test of independence
to this table, the number of degrees of freedom is _____.
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b. 35
c. 12
d. 10
e. 11
Ans: a
54. Contingency tables should not be used with expected cell frequencies _______.
a. less than the number of rows
b. less than the number of columns
c. less than 5
d. less than 30
e. less than 50
Ans: c
55. Use the following set of observed frequencies to test the independence of the two variables. Variable one
has values of 'A' and 'B'; variable two has values of 'C', 'D', and 'E'.
C D E
A 12 10 8
B 20 24 26
Using  = 0.05, the critical chi-square value is _______.
a. 9.488
b. 1.386
c. 8.991
d. 3.357
e. 5.991
Ans: e
56. Use the following set of observed frequencies to test the independence of the two variables. Variable one
has values of 'A' and 'B'; variable two has values of 'C', 'D', and 'E'.
C D E
A 12 10 8
B 20 24 26
Using  = 0.05, the observed chi-square value is _______.
a. 0
b. 0.69
c. 1.54
d. 21.28
e. 8.29
Ans: c
57. Use the following set of observed frequencies to test the independence of the two variables. Variable one
has values of 'A' and 'B'; variable two has values of 'C', 'D', and 'E'.
C D E
A 12 10 8
B 20 24 26
Using  = 0.05, the estimates of the expected frequency in row 1 (A. column 1 (C. when the two variables are
independent is _______.
a. 9.6
b. 12
c. 16
d. 10
e. 20
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58. Sam Hill, Director of Media Research, is analyzing subscribers to the Life West of the Saline magazine.
He wonders whether subscriptions are influenced by the head of household’s employment classification. His
staff prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 300 households.
Head of Household Classification
Clerical Managerial Professional
Subscribes Yes 10 90 60
No 60 60 20
Sam's null hypothesis is ______________.
a. "head of household classification" is related to "subscribes"
b. "head of household classification" is not independent of "subscribes"
c. "head of household classification" is independent of "subscribes”
d. "head of household classification" influences "subscribes"
e. “clerical is not related to managerial”
Ans: c
59. Sam Hill, Director of Media Research, is analyzing subscribers to the Life West of the Saline magazine.
He wonders whether subscriptions are influenced by the head of household’s employment classification. His
staff prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 300 households.
Head of Household Classification
Clerical Managerial Professional
Subscribes Yes 10 90 60
No 60 60 20
Using  = .05, the critical value of chi-square is ______________.
a. 5.99
b. 3.84
c. 5.02
d. 7.37
e. 9.99
Ans: a
60. Sam Hill, Director of Media Research, is analyzing subscribers to the Life West of the Saline magazine.
He wonders whether subscriptions are influenced by the head of household’s employment classification. His
staff prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 300 households.
Head of Household Classification
Clerical Managerial Professional
Subscribes Yes 10 90 60
No 60 60 20
The observed value of chi-square is ______________.
a. 5.99
b. 28.30
c. 32.35
d. 60.65
e. 50.78
Ans: d
61. Sam Hill, Director of Media Research, is analyzing subscribers to the Life West of the Saline magazine.
He wonders whether subscriptions are influenced by the head of household’s employment classification. His
staff prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 300 households.
Head of Household Classification
Clerical Managerial Professional
Subscribes Yes 10 90 60
No 60 60 20

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Using  = .05, the appropriate decision is ______________.
a. reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
b. do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
c. reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
d. do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
e. do nothing
Ans: c
62. Catherine Chao, Director of Marketing Research, is evaluating consumer acceptance of alternative
toothpaste packages. She wonders whether acceptance is influenced by children in the household. Her staff
prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 100 households.
Children in Household
Pre-teenagers teenagers none
Preferred Package Pump 30 20 10
Tube 10 10 20
Catherine's null hypothesis is ______________.
a. "children in household" is not independent of "preferred package"
b. "children in household" is independent of "preferred package"
c. "children in household" is related to "preferred package"
d. "children in household" influences "preferred package"
e. “pump” is independent of “tube”
Ans: b
63. Catherine Chao, Director of Marketing Research, is evaluating consumer acceptance of alternative
toothpaste packages. She wonders whether acceptance is influenced by children in the household. Her staff
prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 100 households.
Children in Household
Pre-teenagers teenagers none
Preferred Package Pump 30 20 10
Tube 10 10 20
Using  = .05, the critical value of chi-square is ______________.
a. 5.02
b. 3.84
c. 7.37
d. 6.09
e. 5.99
Ans: e
64. Catherine Chao, Director of Marketing Research, is evaluating consumer acceptance of alternative
toothpaste packages. She wonders whether acceptance is influenced by children in the household. Her staff
prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 100 households.
Children in Household
Pre-teenagers teenagers none
Preferred Package Pump 30 20 10
Tube 10 10 20
Using  = .05, the observed value of chi-square is ______________.
a. 5.28
b. 9.49
c. 13.19
d. 16.79
e. 18.79
Ans: c

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65. Catherine Chao, Director of Marketing Research, is evaluating consumer acceptance of alternative
toothpaste packages. She wonders whether acceptance is influenced by children in the household. Her staff
prepared the following contingency table from a random sample of 100 households.
Children in Household
Pre-teenagers teenagers none
Preferred Package Pump 30 20 10
Tube 10 10 20
Using  = .05, the appropriate decision is ______________.
a. reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
b. do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
c. reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
d. do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
e. do nothing
Ans: a
66. Anita Cruz recently assumed responsibility for a large investment portfolio. She wonders whether
industry sector influences investment objective. Her staff prepared the following contingency table from a
random sample of 200 common stocks.
Investment Industry Sector
Objective Electronics Airlines Healthcare
Growth 100 10 40
Income 20 20 10
Anita's null hypothesis is ______________.
a. "investment objective" is related to "industry sector"
b. "investment objective" influences "industry sector"
c. "investment objective" is not independent of "industry sector"
d. "investment objective" is independent of "industry sector"
e. “growth” and “income” are independent
Ans: d
67. Anita Cruz recently assumed responsibility for a large investment portfolio. She wonders whether
industry sector influences investment objective. Her staff prepared the following contingency table from a
random sample of 200 common stocks.
Investment Industry Sector
Objective Electronics Airlines Healthcare
Growth 100 10 40
Income 20 20 10
Using  = .01, critical chi-square value is ______________.
a. 9.21
b. 7.88
c. 15.09
d. 16.81
e. 18.81
Ans: a
68. Anita Cruz recently assumed responsibility for a large investment portfolio. She wonders whether
industry sector influences investment objective. Her staff prepared the following contingency table from a
random sample of 200 common stocks.
Investment Industry Sector
Objective Electronics Airlines Healthcare
Growth 100 10 40
Income 20 20 10

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Using  = .05, critical chi-square value is ______________.
a. 9.21
b. 7.88
c. 15.09
d. 5.99
e. 7.89
Ans: d
69. Anita Cruz recently assumed responsibility for a large investment portfolio. She wonders whether
industry sector influences investment objective. Her staff prepared the following contingency table from a
random sample of 200 common stocks.
Investment Industry Sector
Objective Electronics Airlines Healthcare
Growth 100 10 40
Income 20 20 10
Using  = .01, observed chi-square value is ______________.
a. 24.93
b. 8.17
c. 32.89
d. 6.59
e. 4.89
Ans: c
70. Anita Cruz recently assumed responsibility for a large investment portfolio. She wonders whether
industry sector influences investment objective. Her staff prepared the following contingency table from a
random sample of 200 common stocks.
Investment Industry Sector
Objective Electronics Airlines Healthcare
Growth 100 10 40
Income 20 20 10
Using  = .01, appropriate decision is ______________.
a. reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
b. reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
c. do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
d. do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
e. do nothing
Ans: a
71. A gasoline distributor wonders whether an individual’s income level influences the grade of gasoline
purchased. The following is a contingency table from a random sample of 300 individuals.
Personal Income Type of Gasoline
Regular Premium Extra Premium
Less than $30,000 90 10 20
$30,000 or More 60 60 60
The null hypothesis is ______________.
a. "income” is independent of "type of gasoline”
b. "income” influences "type of gasoline”
c. "income” is not independent of "type of gasoline”
d. “income" is related to "type of gasoline"
e. “regular” is independent of “premium”
Ans: a

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72. A gasoline distributor wonders whether an individual’s income level influences the grade of gasoline
purchased. The following is a contingency table from a random sample of 300 individuals.
Personal Income Type of Gasoline
Regular Premium Extra Premium
Less than $30,000 90 10 20
$30,000 or More 60 60 60
Using  = .01, critical chi-square value is ______________.
a. 15.09
b. 7.88
c. 9.21
d. 16.81
e. 17.89
Ans: c
73. A gasoline distributor wonders whether an individual’s income level influences the grade of gasoline
purchased. The following is a contingency table from a random sample of 300 individuals.
Personal Type of Gasoline
Income Regular Premium Extra Premium
Less than $30,000 90 10 20
$30,000 or More 60 60 60
Using  = .01, observed chi-square value is ______________.
a. 24.93
b. 4.44
c. 32.89
d. 51.79
e. 54.98
Ans: d
74. A gasoline distributor wonders whether an individual’s income level influences the grade of gasoline
purchased. The following is a contingency table from a random sample of 300 individuals.
Personal Type of Gasoline
Income Regular Premium Extra Premium
Less than $30,000 80 30 30
$30,000 or More 70 40 50
Using  = .05, critical chi-square value is ______________.
a. 15.09
b. 5.99
c. 9.21
d. 16.81
e. 23.87
Ans: b
75. A gasoline distributor wonders whether an individual’s income level influences the grade of gasoline
purchased. The following is a contingency table from a random sample of 300 individuals.
Personal Type of Gasoline
Income Regular Premium Extra Premium
Less than $30,000 80 30 30
$30,000 or More 70 40 50
Using  = .05, observed chi-square value is ______________.
a. 15.79
b. 4.44
c. 32.89

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d. 51.79
e. 5.79
Ans: e
76. A gasoline distributor wonders whether an individual’s income level influences the grade of gasoline
purchased. The following is a contingency table from a random sample of 300 individuals.
Personal Type of Gasoline
Income Regular Premium Extra Premium
Less than $30,000 80 30 30
$30,000 or More 70 40 50
Using  = .05, appropriate decision is ______________.
a. reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
b. reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
c. do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
d. do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
e. do nothing
Ans: d
77. A gasoline distributor wonders whether an individual’s income level influences the grade of gasoline
purchased. The following is a contingency table from a random sample of 300 individuals.
Personal Income Type of Gasoline
Regular Premium Extra Premium
Less than $30,000 90 10 20
$30,000 or More 60 60 60
The estimate of the expected number of individuals with income less than $30,000 who purchase regular
gasoline when income and type of gasoline are independent is _______.
a. 60
b. 90
c. 120
d. 80
e. 100
Ans: a
78. A population where each element of the population is assigned to one and only one of several classes or
categories is a
a. multinomial population
b. Poisson population
c. normal population
d. None of these alternatives is correct.
ANS: A
79. The sampling distribution for a goodness of fit test is
a. the Poisson distribution
b. the t distribution
c. the normal distribution
d. the chi-square distribution
ANS: D
80. A goodness of fit test is always conducted as a
a. lower-tail test
b. upper-tail test
c. middle test
d. None of these alternatives is correct.
ANS: B
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a. making inferences about a single population variance
b. testing for goodness of fit
c. testing for the independence of two variables
d. All of these alternatives are correct.
ANS: D
82. The number of degrees of freedom for the appropriate chi-square distribution in a test of independence
is
a. n-1
b. k-1
c. number of rows minus 1 times number of columns minus 1
d. a chi-square distribution is not used
ANS: C
83. In order not to violate the requirements necessary to use the chi-square distribution, each expected
frequency in a goodness of fit test must be
a. at least 5
b. at least 10
c. no more than 5
d. less than 2
ANS: A
84.A statistical test conducted to determine whether to reject or not reject a hypothesized probability
distribution for a population is known as a
a. contingency test
b. probability test
c. goodness of fit test
d. None of these alternatives is correct.
ANS: C
85.The degrees of freedom for a contingency table with 12 rows and 12 columns is
a. 144
b. 121
c. 12
d. 120
ANS: B
86.The degrees of freedom for a contingency table with 6 rows and 3 columns is
a. 18
b. 15
c. 6
d. 10
ANS: D
87.The degrees of freedom for a contingency table with 10 rows and 11 columns is
a. 100
b. 110
c. 21
d. 90
ANS: D
88. When individuals in a sample of 150 were asked whether or not they supported capital punishment, the
following information was obtained.
Do You Support Capital Punishment? Number of Individuals
Yes 40
No 60
No Opinion 50

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We are interested in determining whether or not the opinions of the individuals (as to Yes, No, and No
Opinion) are uniformly distributed. The expected frequency for each group is
a. 0.333
b. 0.50
c. 1/3
d. 50
ANS: D
89. When individuals in a sample of 150 were asked whether or not they supported capital punishment, the
following information was obtained.
Do You Support Capital Punishment? Number of Individuals
Yes 40
No 60
No Opinion 50
We are interested in determining whether or not the opinions of the individuals (as to Yes, No, and No
Opinion) are uniformly distributed. The calculated value for the test statistic equals
a. 2
b. -2
c. 20
d. 4
ANS: D
90.When individuals in a sample of 150 were asked whether or not they supported capital punishment, the
following information was obtained.
Do You Support Capital Punishment? Number of Individuals
Yes 40
No 60
No Opinion 50
We are interested in determining whether or not the opinions of the individuals (as to Yes, No, and No
Opinion) are uniformly distributed. The number of degrees of freedom associated with this problem is
a. 150
b. 149
c. 2
d. 3
ANS: C
91. When individuals in a sample of 150 were asked whether or not they supported capital punishment, the
following information was obtained.
Do You Support Capital Punishment? Number of Individuals
Yes 40
No 60
No Opinion 50
We are interested in determining whether or not the opinions of the individuals (as to Yes, No, and No
Opinion) are uniformly distributed. The hypothesis is to be tested at the 5% level of significance. The critical
value from the table equals
a. 7.37776
b. 7.81473
c. 5.99147
d. 9.34840
ANS: C
92. When individuals in a sample of 150 were asked whether or not they supported capital punishment, the
following information was obtained.
Do You Support Capital Punishment? Number of Individuals

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Yes 40
No 60
No Opinion 50
We are interested in determining whether or not the opinions of the individuals (as to Yes, No, and No
Opinion) are uniformly distributed. The conclusion of the test is that the
a. distribution is uniform
b. distribution is not uniform
c. test is inconclusive
d. None of these alternatives is correct.
ANS: A
93. Last school year, the student body of a local university consisted of 30% freshmen, 24% sophomores, 26%
juniors, and 20% seniors. A sample of 300 students taken from this year's student body showed the following
number of students in each classification.
Freshmen 83
Sophomores 68
Juniors 85
Seniors 64
We are interested in determining whether or not there has been a significant change in the classifications
between the last school year and this school year. The expected number of freshmen is
a. 83
b. 90
c. 30
d. 10
ANS: B
94. Last school year, the student body of a local university consisted of 30% freshmen, 24% sophomores, 26%
juniors, and 20% seniors. A sample of 300 students taken from this year's student body showed the following
number of students in each classification.
Freshmen 83
Sophomores 68
Juniors 85
Seniors 64
We are interested in determining whether or not there has been a significant change in the classifications
between the last school year and this school year. The expected frequency of seniors is
a. 60
b. 20%
c. 68
d. 64
ANS: A
95. Last school year, the student body of a local university consisted of 30% freshmen, 24% sophomores, 26%
juniors, and 20% seniors. A sample of 300 students taken from this year's student body showed the following
number of students in each classification.
Freshmen 83
Sophomores 68
Juniors 85
Seniors 64
We are interested in determining whether or not there has been a significant change in the classifications
between the last school year and this school year. The calculated value for the test statistic equals
a. 0.5444
b. 300
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d. 6.6615
ANS: C
96. Last school year, the student body of a local university consisted of 30% freshmen, 24% sophomores, 26%
juniors, and 20% seniors. A sample of 300 students taken from this year's student body showed the following
number of students in each classification.
Freshmen 83
Sophomores 68
Juniors 85
Seniors 64
We are interested in determining whether or not there has been a significant change in the classifications
between the last school year and this school year. The hypothesis is to be tested at the 5% level of
significance. The critical value from the table equals
a. 1.645
b. 1.96
c. 2.75
d. 7.815
ANS: D
97. Last school year, the student body of a local university consisted of 30% freshmen, 24% sophomores, 26%
juniors, and 20% seniors. A sample of 300 students taken from this year's student body showed the following
number of students in each classification.
Freshmen 83
Sophomores 68
Juniors 85
Seniors 64
We are interested in determining whether or not there has been a significant change in the classifications
between the last school year and this school year. The null hypothesis
a. should not be rejected
b. should be rejected
c. was designed wrong
d. None of these alternatives is correct.
ANS: A

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Right tail areas for the Chi-square Distribution

df\area 0.995 0.990 0.975 0.950 0.900 0.750 0.500 0.250 0.100 0.050 0.020 0.025 0.010 0.005
1 0.00004 0.00016 0.00098 0.00393 0.01579 0.10153 0.45494 1.32330 2.70554 3.84146 5.41189 5.02389 6.63490 7.87944
2 0.01003 0.02010 0.05064 0.10259 0.21072 0.57536 1.38629 2.77259 4.60517 5.99146 7.82405 7.37776 9.21034 10.59663
3 0.07172 0.11483 0.21580 0.35185 0.58437 1.21253 2.36597 4.10834 6.25139 7.81473 9.83741 9.34840 11.34487 12.83816
4 0.20699 0.29711 0.48442 0.71072 1.06362 1.92256 3.35669 5.38527 7.77944 9.48773 11.66784 11.14329 13.27670 14.86026
5 0.41174 0.55430 0.83121 1.14548 1.61031 2.67460 4.35146 6.62568 9.23636 11.07050 13.38822 12.83250 15.08627 16.74960
6 0.67573 0.87209 1.23734 1.63538 2.20413 3.45460 5.34812 7.84080 10.64464 12.59159 15.03321 14.44938 16.81189 18.54758
7 0.98926 1.23904 1.68987 2.16735 2.83311 4.25485 6.34581 9.03715 12.01704 14.06714 16.62242 16.01276 18.47531 20.27774
8 1.34441 1.64650 2.17973 2.73264 3.48954 5.07064 7.34412 10.21885 13.36157 15.50731 18.16823 17.53455 20.09024 21.95495
9 1.73493 2.08790 2.70039 3.32511 4.16816 5.89883 8.34283 11.38875 14.68366 16.91898 19.67902 19.02277 21.66599 23.58935
10 2.15586 2.55821 3.24697 3.94030 4.86518 6.73720 9.34182 12.54886 15.98718 18.30704 21.16077 20.48318 23.20925 25.18818
11 2.60322 3.05348 3.81575 4.57481 5.57778 7.58414 10.34100 13.70069 17.27501 19.67514 22.61794 21.92005 24.72497 26.75685
12 3.07382 3.57057 4.40379 5.22603 6.30380 8.43842 11.34032 14.84540 18.54935 21.02607 24.05396 23.33666 26.21697 28.29952
13 3.56503 4.10692 5.00875 5.89186 7.04150 9.29907 12.33976 15.98391 19.81193 22.36203 25.47151 24.73560 27.68825 29.81947
14 4.07467 4.66043 5.62873 6.57063 7.78953 10.16531 13.33927 17.11693 21.06414 23.68479 26.87276 26.11895 29.14124 31.31935
15 4.60092 5.22935 6.26214 7.26094 8.54676 11.03654 14.33886 18.24509 22.30713 24.99579 28.25950 27.48839 30.57791 32.80132
16 5.14221 5.81221 6.90766 7.96165 9.31224 11.91222 15.33850 19.36886 23.54183 26.29623 29.63318 28.84535 31.99993 34.26719
17 5.69722 6.40776 7.56419 8.67176 10.08519 12.79193 16.33818 20.48868 24.76904 27.58711 30.99505 30.19101 33.40866 35.71847
18 6.26480 7.01491 8.23075 9.39046 10.86494 13.67529 17.33790 21.60489 25.98942 28.86930 32.34616 31.52638 34.80531 37.15645
19 6.84397 7.63273 8.90652 10.11701 11.65091 14.56200 18.33765 22.71781 27.20357 30.14353 33.68743 32.85233 36.19087 38.58226
20 7.43384 8.26040 9.59078 10.85081 12.44261 15.45177 19.33743 23.82769 28.41198 31.41043 35.01963 34.16961 37.56623 39.99685
21 8.03365 8.89720 10.28290 11.59131 13.23960 16.34438 20.33723 24.93478 29.61509 32.67057 36.34345 35.47888 38.93217 41.40106
22 8.64272 9.54249 10.98232 12.33801 14.04149 17.23962 21.33704 26.03927 30.81328 33.92444 37.65950 36.78071 40.28936 42.79565
23 9.26042 10.19572 11.68855 13.09051 14.84796 18.13730 22.33688 27.14134 32.00690 35.17246 38.96831 38.07563 41.63840 44.18128
24 9.88623 10.85636 12.40115 13.84843 15.65868 19.03725 23.33673 28.24115 33.19624 36.41503 40.27036 39.36408 42.97982 45.55851
25 10.51965 11.52398 13.11972 14.61141 16.47341 19.93934 24.33659 29.33885 34.38159 37.65248 41.56607 40.64647 44.31410 46.92789
26 11.16024 12.19815 13.84390 15.37916 17.29188 20.84343 25.33646 30.43457 35.56317 38.88514 42.85583 41.92317 45.64168 48.28988
27 11.80759 12.87850 14.57338 16.15140 18.11390 21.74940 26.33634 31.52841 36.74122 40.11327 44.13999 43.19451 46.96294 49.64492
28 12.46134 13.56471 15.30786 16.92788 18.93924 22.65716 27.33623 32.62049 37.91592 41.33714 45.41885 44.46079 48.27824 50.99338
29 13.12115 14.25645 16.04707 17.70837 19.76774 23.56659 28.33613 33.71091 39.08747 42.55697 46.69270 45.72229 49.58788 52.33562
30 13.78672 14.95346 16.79077 18.49266 20.59923 24.47761 29.33603 34.79974 40.25602 43.77297 47.96180 46.97924 50.89218 53.67196

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