Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134506593
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10.2, Problem 10.1LM
Find the rejection region for a one-dimensional χ2 test of a null hypothesis concerning p1, p2, …, pk if
- a. k = 3; α = .05
- b. k = 5; α = .10
- c. k = 4; α = .01
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