PRACTICE OF STATISTICS F/AP EXAM
PRACTICE OF STATISTICS F/AP EXAM
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ISBN: 9781319113339
Author: Starnes
Publisher: MAC HIGHER
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Chapter 11.1, Problem 7E
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To explain why it would not be appropriate to perform a chi-square test for goodness of fit using these data.

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Answer to Problem 7E

Given variable is quantitative so it is not appropriate to perform a chi-square test for goodness of fit.

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Given:

    Night Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
    Average time 130 108 115 104 99 37 62

Categorical variable: It describes the quality or characteristics of the data. It does not have numeric or quantitative meaning.

Quantitative variable: The variable expressed numerically and it has numeric meaning.

The variable “average time” is quantitative variables. We know, chi-square test is used for categorical variable. Hence, it would not appropriate to perform a chi-square test for goodness of fit.

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