Unit 9- BUSN 3000

BUSN 3000 Unit 9: Models for Categorical Data Unit 9: Models for Categorical Data – Chi-squared Tests Goodness-of-fit test - one categorical variable, more than two categories Example: Where do BUSN 3000 students live? Is the distribution the same as the UGA population? Housing UGA population Observed counts (sample data) Expected counts (if Ho true) Off-campus (not UGA-owned or affiliated) 66% 22 25.08 Fraternity or Sorority housing 5.5% 14 2.09 On-campus dorms or other UGA-owned or affiliated housing 28.5% 2 10.83 Total 100% 38 38 Could these observed counts have occurred just by chance if the distribution of housing choices for BUSN 3000 students were really the same as the UGA population? H 0 : p off − campus = 0.66 , p Greek = 0.055 , p on − campus = 0.285 BUSN 3000 has same distribution as UGA population H A : at least one p different from what’s given The chi-squared ( χ 2 ) test statistic compares the observed counts to the expected counts. χ 2 = ∑ ( Observed count − Expected count ) 2 Expected count = (22-25.08)^2/25.08 + (14-2.09)^2/2.09 + (2- 10.83)^2/10.83  When the observed counts are somewhat close to the expected counts… χ 2 is large / small and the evidence against the null hypothesis is strong / weak.  When the observed counts differ greatly from the expected counts… χ 2 is large / small and the evidence against the null hypothesis is strong / weak. 1

BUSN 3000 Unit 9: Models for Categorical Data Student housing (continued) H 0 : p off − campus = 0.66 , p Greek = 0.055 , p on − campus = 0.285 H A : At least one p is different from these values. P-values for chi-squared tests How large must the chi-squared statistic be to convince us that the null hypothesis is not true? df = number of categories – 1 (always choose second option for chi squared)  If the distribution of housing choices for BUSN students were really _____ the same as (Ho true) ______UGA students overall, sample results like ours would be… unlikely  For α = 0.05 , state your conclusion in context. o There is sufficient / insufficient evidence to conclude that distribution of housing choices for BUSN students is ______ different from _______ the overall UGA population. Conducting a goodness-of-fit test using Analyze – Distribution in JMP 2