Chi-Square Test

Examples

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Chi-Square Test

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2

The sales manager of a showroom feel that the daily

demand of a product follows uniform distribution.

The observed frequencies of demand values are given
in the table below. Check whether the given data
follows uniform distribution at a significance level of
5%.
Demand and Frequency
Demand
(units)

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

Observed
Frequency

13

10

10

12

10

14

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3

Eight coins were tossed 256 times and the following

results were obtained:

Number of Heads

Frequency

30

52

67

56

32

10

Test whether coins are biased using chi-square test.

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Chi-Square Test

Yates Correction
4

Yates has suggested a correction for the continuity in

calculated chi-square value in connection with (2x2)

table particularly when cell frequency are small
(since no cell frequency should be less than 5 in any
case, though 10 is better) and chi-square is just on
the significance level.

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Chi-Square Test

Example
5

The

following
information
concerning
investigation of 50 ordinary shops of small size:

an

Shops
In Town (a)

In Village (b)

Total

Run by Men (A)

17

18

35

Run by Women (B)

12

15

20

30

50

Total

Can it be inferred that shop run by women are

relatively more in villages than in towns, use chisquare with Yates correction?
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Chi-Square Test