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A Live on Campus Live Off Campus, Not with Parents Live Off Campus, with Parents

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Question

A

Live on Campus

Live Off Campus,

Not with Parents

Live Off Campus,

with Parents

Total

Abstain

46

17

40

103

Light-Moderate

126

72

68

266

Moderate-Heavy

130

52

32

214

Total

302

141

140

583

study of drinking habits of college students produced the following table of counts:

a. Is this an observational or an experimental study? Explain briefly.

b. What proportion of students who live with their parents say that they abstain from drinking alcohol? Consider the following computer output for a chi-square test:

Expected counts are printed below observed counts Chi-Square contributions are printed below e

1                      2                      3                      Total

1                                    46                    17                    40                  103

53.36               24.91               24.73

    1.015               2.512               9.429

2                                  126                    72                    68                  266

137.79               64.33               63.88

    1.009               0.914               0.266

3                                  130                    52                    32                  214

110.85               51.76               51.39

    3.308               0.001               7.316

Total                            302                  141                  140                  583

xpected counts

Chi-Sq 25.770, DF 4, P-Value 0.000 c. Show how to calculate the expected count for the “abstain from drinking/ reside off-campus with parents” cell of the table. d. What conclusion would you draw from this chi-square test? Explain briefly. e. Which cell contributes the most to the calculation of the chi-square statistic? What does this reveal about a possible relationship between a college student’s location of residence and drinking habits? Explain.

Live on Campus

Live Off Campus,

Not with Parents

Live Off Campus,

with Parents

Total

Abstain

46

17

40

103

Light-Moderate

126

72

68

266

Moderate-Heavy

130

52

32

214

Total

302

141

140

583

Explanation / Answer

This is an observational study because there is no intervention in the study and the two characteristic are observed.

Proportion p=40/140=0.2857

Expected counts are printed below observed counts Chi-Square contributions are printed below eexpected counts

1                      2                      3                      Total

1                                             46                    17                    40                  103

                                             53.36               24.91               24.73

                                             1.015               2.512               9.429

2                                              126                    72                    68                  266

137.79               64.33               63.88

    1.009               0.914               0.266

3                                           130                    52                    32                  214

110.85               51.76               51.39

                                             3.308               0.001               7.316

Total                            302                  141                  140                  583

Chi-Sq 25.770, DF 4, P-Value 0.000

c. Show how to calculate the expected count for the “abstain from drinking/ reside off-campus with parents” cell of the table.

Expected value =(140*103)/583 =24.73

d. What conclusion would you draw from this chi-square test? Explain briefly.

Calculated Chi-Sq 25.770, DF 4, P-Value 0.000 which is < 0.05 level of significance.

The null hypothesis is rejected.

There is significant association between drinking habits and living place of college students.

e. Which cell contributes the most to the calculation of the chi-square statistic?

cell of the table “abstain from drinking/ reside off-campus with parents” contribute more, the chi square value is 9.429

What does this reveal about a possible relationship between a college student’s location of residence and drinking habits? Explain.

There is significant association between drinking habits and living place of college students.

There is high abstain from drinking from the students reside off-campus with parents.

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