Calculate the X² statistic, degree of freedom and then identify the critical value.

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Calculate the X² statistic, degree of freedom and then identify the critical value.
Two employees at an ice cream store were discussing the popularity of four of the ice cream flavors
they have: Vanilla, Chocolate, Mint, and Strawberry. Employee A thought that the four flavors are
equally popular, but employee B didn't think so. To settle their debate, they decided to tally the
number of customers asking for those flavors for a whole day.
There were 40 customers that day:
5 asked for vanilla
15 asked for chocolate
14 asked for Mint
6 asked for strawberry
Conduct a Chi-Square Test for Goodness of Fit to answer the research question of whether the four
flavors are equally popular, using a = .05 as the significance level.
Transcribed Image Text:Two employees at an ice cream store were discussing the popularity of four of the ice cream flavors they have: Vanilla, Chocolate, Mint, and Strawberry. Employee A thought that the four flavors are equally popular, but employee B didn't think so. To settle their debate, they decided to tally the number of customers asking for those flavors for a whole day. There were 40 customers that day: 5 asked for vanilla 15 asked for chocolate 14 asked for Mint 6 asked for strawberry Conduct a Chi-Square Test for Goodness of Fit to answer the research question of whether the four flavors are equally popular, using a = .05 as the significance level.
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It is given that, there are four ice cream flavors. 

Vanilla, chocolate, Mint, and Strawberry.

No. of customers (n) = 40

No. of flavors (k) = 4

The observed frequencies are,

Flavor O
Vanilla 5
Chocolate 15
Mint 14
Strawberry 6
total 40

Level of significance (α) = 0.05

To test the given hypothesis using the Chi-square test.

 

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