The safety director of large steel mill took samples at random from company records of minor work-related accidents and classified them according to the time the accident took place.
Number of | Number of | |||||||
Time | Accidents | Time | Accidents | |||||
8 up to 9 a.m. | 5 | 1 up to 2 p.m. | 6 | |||||
9 up to 10 a.m. | 10 | 2 up to 3 p.m. | 9 | |||||
10 up to 11 a.m. | 8 | 3 up to 4 p.m. | 9 | |||||
11 up to 12 p.m. | 18 | 4 up to 5 p.m. | 20 | |||||
Using the goodness-of-fit test and the 0.01 level of significance, determine whether the accidents are evenly distributed throughout the day.
H0: The accidents are evenly distributed
throughout the day.
H1: The accidents are not evenly distributed
throughout the day.
State the decision rule, using the 0.01 significance level. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)
Compute the value of chi-square. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)
What is your decision regarding H0?
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