Question

A computer magazine surveyed its readers to determine how likely it was that people who planned to purchase new computers in the near future would buy a portable/notebook or desktop model. The results are tabulated here:

	When Purchase Will be Made
Type of Computer	0 to 3 Months	3 to 6 Months	6 to 12 Months
Notebook/Portable	34	156	258
Desktop	56	346	128

1. Suppose you were interested in determining whether there is a relationship between the type of computer that a person is planning to buy and when the person plans to make the purchase, the appropriate statistical procedure in performing the analysis of the situation described above is:

a.      Chisquare Goodness-of-fit Test

b.      Chisquare Test of a Variance

c.      Testing Whether Two Nominal Variables are Independent

            d.      None of the above

2. If you were planning for stocking inventory for the period 0 to 3 months, which type of computer would you plan to carry more of in that planning period?

            a.       Notebook/portable

            b.      Desktop

c.       Neither of the above - will carry as many desktops as notebook computers

Answer 1