The type of household for the U.S. population and for a random sample of 411 households from a community in Montana are shown below. Observed Number Percent of U.S. Type of Household of Households in the Community Households 26% 29% Married with children Married, no children Single parent One person Other (e.g., roommates, siblings) 97 117 9% 32 25% 93 11% 72 Use a 5% level of significance to test the claim that the distribution of U.S. households fits the Dove Creek distribution.

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(a) What is the level of significance?

(b) Find the value of the chi-square statistic for the sample. (Round the expected frequencies to at least three decimal places. Round the test statistic to three decimal places.)

What are the degrees of freedom?

The type of household for the U.S. population and for a random sample of 411 households from a community in Montana are shown below.
Observed Number
Percent of U.S.
Type of Household
of Households in
the Community
Households
26%
29%
Married with children
Married, no children
Single parent
One person
Other (e.g., roommates, siblings)
97
117
9%
32
25%
93
11%
72
Use a 5% level of significance to test the claim that the distribution of U.S. households fits the Dove Creek distribution.
Transcribed Image Text:The type of household for the U.S. population and for a random sample of 411 households from a community in Montana are shown below. Observed Number Percent of U.S. Type of Household of Households in the Community Households 26% 29% Married with children Married, no children Single parent One person Other (e.g., roommates, siblings) 97 117 9% 32 25% 93 11% 72 Use a 5% level of significance to test the claim that the distribution of U.S. households fits the Dove Creek distribution.
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From the given data,

Expected frequency = n*Pi

Where, n is the sample size

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From the above table,

The degrees of freedom = n-1

                                        =5-1

                                        =4

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