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Maa 161 Statistics For Sciences Students Tutorial 11: No. of Heads Frequency

Three coins were tossed 72 times and the number of heads was recorded. A chi-square test was performed to determine if the coins were balanced at a significance level of 0.05. A survey of 400 students asked about their information sources and educational background. A chi-square test was used to see if the sources were independent of background at 0.05 significance. 92 customers at each of 3 malls were asked about participating in a survey. A chi-square test at 0.01 significance examined if the proportions willing to participate were equal across malls.

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Maa 161 Statistics For Sciences Students Tutorial 11: No. of Heads Frequency

Three coins were tossed 72 times and the number of heads was recorded. A chi-square test was performed to determine if the coins were balanced at a significance level of 0.05. A survey of 400 students asked about their information sources and educational background. A chi-square test was used to see if the sources were independent of background at 0.05 significance. 92 customers at each of 3 malls were asked about participating in a survey. A chi-square test at 0.01 significance examined if the proportions willing to participate were equal across malls.

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MAA 161 STATISTICS FOR SCIENCES STUDENTS TUTORIAL 11

1. Three coins are tossed 72 times, and the number of heads is shown. At = 0.05, test the null hypothesis that the coins are balances and randomly tossed. No. of heads Frequency 0 3 1 10 2 17 3 42

2. An instructor wishes to see if the way people obtain information is independent of their educational background. A survey of 400 high school and college students yielded this information. At = 0.05, test the claim that the way people obtain information is independent of their background. Television 159 27 Newspaper 90 42 Other sources 51 31

High school College

3. An advertising firm has decided to ask 92 customers to each of three local shopping malls if they willing to take part in a market research survey. The results are shown below. At = 0.01, test the claim that the proportions of those who are willing to participate are equal. Mall A 52 40 Mall B 45 47 Mall C 36 56

Will participate Will not participate

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