Conduct the hypothesis test and provide the test statistic and the critical​ value, and state the conclusion.   A person randomly selected   100 checks and recorded the cents portions of those checks. The table below lists those cents portions categorized according to the indicated values. Use a   0.10 significance level to test the claim that the four categories are equally likely. The person expected that many checks for whole dollar amounts would result in a disproportionately high frequency for the first​ category, but do the results support that​ expectation?   What is the test statistic?  what is the p-value?   Cents portion of check 0-24 25-49 50-74 75-99   Number 31 23 18 28         CHI-SQUARE:   Area to the Right of the Critical Value Degrees of Freedom 0.995 0.99 0.975 0.95 0.90 0.10 0.05 0.025 0.01 0.005 1 ​- ​- 0.001 0.004 0.016 2.706 3.841 5.024 6.635 7.879 2 0.010 0.020 0.051 0.103 0.211 4.605 5.991 7.378 9.210 10.597 3 0.072 0.115 0.216 0.352 0.584 6.251 7.815 9.348 11.345 12.838 4 0.207 0.297 0.484 0.711 1.064 7.779 9.488 11.143 13.277 14.860 5 0.412 0.554 0.831 1.145 1.610 9.236 11.071 12.833 15.086 16.750 6 0.676 0.872 1.237 1.635 2.204 10.645 12.592 14.449 16.812 18.548 7 0.989 1.239 1.690 2.167 2.833 12.017 14.067 16.013 18.475 20.278 8 1.344 1.646 2.180 2.733 3.490 13.362 15.507 17.535 20.090 21.955 9 1.735 2.088 2.700 3.325 4.168 14.684 16.919 19.023 21.666 23.589 10 2.156 2.558 3.247 3.940 4.865 15.987 18.307 20.483 23.209 25.188

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Conduct the hypothesis test and provide the test statistic and the critical​ value, and state the conclusion.

 

A person randomly selected

 

100 checks and recorded the cents portions of those checks. The table below lists those cents portions categorized according to the indicated values. Use a

 

0.10 significance level to test the claim that the four categories are equally likely. The person expected that many checks for whole dollar amounts would result in a disproportionately high frequency for the first​ category, but do the results support that​ expectation?

 

What is the test statistic? 

what is the p-value?

 

Cents portion of check

0-24

25-49

50-74

75-99

 

Number

31

23

18

28

 

 
 
 
CHI-SQUARE:
 
Area to the Right of the Critical Value
Degrees of Freedom
0.995
0.99
0.975
0.95
0.90
0.10
0.05
0.025
0.01
0.005
1
​-
​-
0.001
0.004
0.016
2.706
3.841
5.024
6.635
7.879
2
0.010
0.020
0.051
0.103
0.211
4.605
5.991
7.378
9.210
10.597
3
0.072
0.115
0.216
0.352
0.584
6.251
7.815
9.348
11.345
12.838
4
0.207
0.297
0.484
0.711
1.064
7.779
9.488
11.143
13.277
14.860
5
0.412
0.554
0.831
1.145
1.610
9.236
11.071
12.833
15.086
16.750
6
0.676
0.872
1.237
1.635
2.204
10.645
12.592
14.449
16.812
18.548
7
0.989
1.239
1.690
2.167
2.833
12.017
14.067
16.013
18.475
20.278
8
1.344
1.646
2.180
2.733
3.490
13.362
15.507
17.535
20.090
21.955
9
1.735
2.088
2.700
3.325
4.168
14.684
16.919
19.023
21.666
23.589
10
2.156
2.558
3.247
3.940
4.865
15.987
18.307
20.483
23.209
25.188
 
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