Criminologists have long debated whether there is a relationship between weather

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Criminologists have long debated whether there is a relationship between weather conditions and the incidence of violent crime. The author of an article classified 1362homicides according to season, resulting in the accompanying data. Test the null hypothesis of equal proportions using ? = 0.01 by using the chi-squared table to say as much as possible about the P-value.

Compute the test statistic value. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
?2 =

Explanation / Answer

The statistical software output for this problem is:

Chi-Square goodness-of-fit results:
Observed: Oi
Expected: All cells in equal proportion

Hence,

Test statistic = 4.173

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