Question

USA Today ("Hybrid Car Sales Rose 81% Last Year," April 25, 2005) reported the top five states for sales of hybrid cars in 2004 as California, Virginia, Washington, Florida, and Maryland. Suppose that each car in a sample of 2004 hybrid car sales is classified by state where the sale took place. Sales from states other than the top five were excluded from the sample, resulting in the accompanying table.

State	Observed Frequency
California	250
Virginia	54
Washington	31
Florida	31
Maryland	31
Total	397

(The given observed counts are artificial, but they are consistent with hybrid sales figures given in the article.)

The 2004 population estimates from the Census Bureau web site are given in the accompanying table. The population proportion for each state was computed by dividing each state population by the total population for all five states. Use the χ² goodness-of-fit test and a significance level of

α = 0.01

to test the hypothesis that hybrid sales for these five states are proportional to the 2004 population for these states.

State	2004 Population	Population Proportion
California	35,842,038	0.495
Virginia	7,481,332	0.103
Washington	6,207,046	0.085
Florida	17,385,430	0.240
Maryland	5,561,332	0.077
Total	72,477,178

Let p₁, p₂, p₃, p₄, and p₅ be the actual population proportions of 2004 for the five states in the following order: California, Virginia, Washington, Florida, Maryland.

State the null and alternative hypotheses.

H₀: p₁ = p₂ = p₃ = p₄ = p₅ = 0.495
H_a: H₀ is not true.H₀: p₁ = p₂ = p₃ = p₄ = p₅ = 0.2
H_a: H₀ is not true.    H₀: p₁ = p₂ = p₃ = p₄ = p₅ = 397
H_a: H₀ is not true.H₀: p₁ = 196.515, p₂ = 40.891, p₃ = 33.745, p₄ = 95.28, p₅ = 30.569
H_a: H₀ is not true.H₀: p₁ = 0.495, p₂ = 0.103, p₃ = 0.085, p₄ = 0.240, p₅ = 0.077
H_a: H₀ is not true.

Calculate the test statistic. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
χ² =

What is the P-value for the test? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
P-value =

What can you conclude?

Do not reject H₀. There is not enough evidence to conclude that hybrid sales are not proportional to population size for the five states listed.Reject H₀. There is convincing evidence to conclude that hybrid sales are not proportional to population size for the five states listed.     Reject H₀. There is not enough evidence to conclude that hybrid sales are not proportional to population size for the five states listed.Do not reject H₀. There is convincing evidence to conclude that hybrid sales are not proportional to population size for the five states listed.

Answer 1

The statistical software output for this problem is :

H₀: p₁ = 0.495, p₂ = 0.103, p₃ = 0.085, p₄ = 0.240, p₅ = 0.077
H_a: H₀ is not true.

Test statistics = 62.35

P-value = 0.0000

Reject H₀. There is convincing evidence to conclude that hybrid sales are not proportional to population size for the five states listed.