A book claims that more hockey players are born in January through March than in October through December. The following data show the number of players selected in a draft of new players for a hockey league according to their birth month. Is there evidence to suggest that hockey​ players' birthdates are not uniformly distributed throughout the​ year? Use the level of significance α=0.05. LOADING...

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A book claims that more hockey players are born in January through March than in October through December. The following data show the number of players selected in a draft of new players for a hockey league according to their birth month. Is there evidence to suggest that hockey​ players' birthdates are not uniformly distributed throughout the​ year? Use the level of significance
α=0.05.
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Part 1
What are the null hypothesis and alternative​ hypotheses?
 
 
A.
H0​:
The distribution of hockey​ players' birth months is uniformly distributed.
H1​:
The distribution of hockey​ players' birth months is not uniformly distributed.
 
B.
H0​:
The distribution of hockey​ players' birth months is not uniformly distributed.
H1​:
The distribution of hockey​ players' birth months is uniformly distributed.
 
C.
H0​:
The distribution of hockey​ players' birth months is uniformly distributed.
H1​:
More hockey players are born in the first half of the year than the second half.
 
D.
H0​:
The distribution of hockey​ players' birth months is uniformly distributed.
H1​:
More hockey players are born in​ January-March than​ October-December.
Part 2
Compute the expected counts for each birth month. The total number of hockey players is
178.
 
Birth Month
Observed Count
Expected Count
 
​January-March
64
enter your response here
 
​April-June
53
enter your response here
 
​July-September
35
enter your response here
 
​October-December
26
enter your response here
 
 
 
​(Round to two decimal places as​ needed.)
Part 3
What is the test​ statistic?
 
χ20
=
enter your response here
​(Round to three decimal places as​ needed.)
Part 4
What is the​ P-value of the​ test?
 
​P-value=enter your response here
​(Round to three decimal places as​ needed.)
Part 5
Based on the​ results, do the hockey​ league's players' birth months follow a uniform​ distribution? Use the level of significance
α=0.05.
 
 
A.
Yes​,
because the calculated​ P-value is
less
than the given
α
level of significance.
 
B.
Yes​,
because the calculated​ P-value is
greater
than the given
α
level of significance.
 
C.
No​,
because the calculated​ P-value is
greater
than the given
α
level of significance.
 
D.
No​,
because the calculated​ P-value is
less
than the given
α
level of significance
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