Chapter 11.3, Problem 3BSC

Degrees of Freedom and Critical Value For the hypothesis test in Exercise 1, the test statistic is 3.062. Find the number of degrees of freedom used to find the critical value, then find the critical value. Assume a 0.05 significance level.

1. Smoking Cessation The accompanying table summarizes successes and failures when subjects used different methods when trying to stop smoking. The determination of smoking or not smoking was made five months after the treatment was begun, and the data are based on results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If we test the claim that success is independent of the method used, the TI-83/84 Plus calculator provides a P-value of 0.216 (rounded). What does the P-value tell us about that claim?

	Nicotine Gum	Nicotine Patch	Nicotine Inhaler
Smoking	191	263	95
Not Smoking	59	57	27