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1. Use 1 decimal for your expected counts, report your test statistic value in 1

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Question

1. Use 1 decimal for your expected counts, report your test statistic value in 1 decimal.

2. What is your critical value? Use 2 decimals.

3. What is your conclusion? A) Gas preference and income are dependent. B) Gas preference and income are independent. C) You don't know.

1. Suppose a business researcher wants to determine whether type of gas preferred is inde- penden question about gas preference and a second question about income. The respondent is to check whether he or she prefers (1) regular gas, (2) supreme gas, or (3) extra supreme gas. The respondent is also to check his or her income as being (1) less than $50,000 or (2) more than $49,999. The survey results are summarized in the table below t of a person's income. She takes a random survey of gas purchasers, asking them one Gas preferred Income Less than 50,000 More than 49,999|Total Regular upreme Extra Supreme 187 71 42 300 83 125 76 284 270 196 118 584 0 Does gas preference depend on income level? Use = 0.05

Explanation / Answer

H0 : Gas preference and income are independent.

Vs H1: Gas preference and income are dependent.

Tabulated Statistics: Worksheet rows, Worksheet columns

Rows: Worksheet rows Columns: Worksheet columns

                                         less than 50000           more than 49999     All

1     frequency                        187                             83                        270

       expected value               138.70                        131.30

      (fi-ei)^2 / ei                      16.821                       17.768

2         frequency                    71                             125                         196

           expected value          100.68                      95.32

         (fi-ei)^2 / ei                8.752                           9.245

3    frequency                       42                              76                         118

   expected value                  60.62                        57.38

(fi-ei)^2 / ei                        5.717                         6.040

   All                                   300                           284                         584

Cell Contents: Count

Expected count

Contribution to Chi-square

Pearson Chi-Square = 64.343, DF = 2, P-Value = 0.000

P-Value = 0.000 <alpha = 0.05

Reject H0 Gas preference and income are dependent.