Chapter 11, Problem 104H

In 2007, the United States had 1.5 million homeschooled students, according to the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics. In Table 11.56 you can see that parents decide to homeschool their children for different reasons, and some reasons are ranked by parents as more important than others. According to the survey results shown in the table, is the distribution of applicable reasons the same as the distribution of the most important reason? Provide your assessment at the 5% significance level. Did you expect the result you obtained?

Reasons forHomeschooling	Applicable Reason (inthousands ofrespondents)	Most Important Reason(in thousands ofrespondents)	RowTotal
Concern about the environment of other schools	1,321	309	1,630
Dissatisfaction with academic instruction at other schools	1,096	258	1,354
To provide religious or moral instruction	1,257	540	1,797
Child has special needs, other than physical or mental	315	55	370
Nontraditional approach to child’s education	984	99	1,083
Nontraditional approach to child’s education	485	216	701
Column Total	5,458	1,477	6,935

Table 11.56