A television station wishes to study the relationship between
viewership of its 11 p.m. news program and viewer age (18 years or
less, 19 to 35, 36 to 54, 55 or older). A sample of 250 television
viewers in each age group is randomly selected, and the number who
watch the station’s 11 p.m. news is found for each sample. The
results are given in the table below.
Age Group | |||||
Watch 11 p.m. News? |
18 or less | 19 to 35 | 36 to 54 | 55 or Older | Total |
Yes | 49 | 52 | 67 | 79 | 247 |
No | 201 | 198 | 183 | 171 | 753 |
Total | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 1,000 |
(a) Let p1,
p2, p3, and
p4 be the proportions of all viewers in each
age group who watch the station’s 11 p.m. news. If these
proportions are equal, then whether a viewer watches the station’s
11 p.m. news is independent of the viewer’s age group. Therefore,
we can test the null hypothesis H0 that
p1, p2,
p3, and p4 are equal by
carrying out a chi-square test for independence. Perform this test
by setting α = .05. (Round your answer to 3 decimal
places.)
χ2χ2 =
so (Click to select)RejectDo not reject H0: independence
(b) Compute a 95 percent confidence interval for
the difference between p1 and
p4. (Round your answers to 3 decimal
places. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus
sign.)
95% CI: [ , ]
a)Applying chi square test:
Expected | Ei=row total*column total/grand total | 18 or less | 19 to 35 | 36 to 54 | 55 or older | Total |
Yes | 61.75 | 61.75 | 61.75 | 61.75 | 247 | |
No | 188.25 | 188.25 | 188.25 | 188.25 | 753 | |
total | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 1000 | |
chi square χ2 | =(Oi-Ei)2/Ei | 18 or less | 19 to 35 | 36 to 54 | 55 or older | Total |
Yes | 2.6326 | 1.5395 | 0.4464 | 4.8188 | 9.437 | |
No | 0.8635 | 0.5050 | 0.1464 | 1.5807 | 3.096 | |
total | 3.496 | 2.044 | 0.593 | 6.400 | 12.5329 |
X2 =12.533
reject H0: independence
b)
95% CI: = -0.196 , -0.044
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