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Tutorial 6
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CHAPTER 6
CHI SQUARE TEST
Use a 5% significance level to test the claim that the proportion of the people catching
the flu is the same in all three groups.
Solution::
1. Use the sample data below to test whether car color affects the likelihood of being in an
accident. Use a significance level of 0.01.
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Red Blue White
Car has been in accident 28 33 36
Car has not been in 23 22 30
accident
Solution::
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Color
Texture
Light Medium Dark
Fine 4 20 8
Medium 5 23 12
Coarse 21 23 4
Solution::
4. A company operates three machines in three shifts each day. From production records, the
data on the number of breakdowns are collected and given below:
Machines
Shift
A B C
1 41 20 12
2 31 11 9
3 15 17 16
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Test the hypothesis that machine breakdowns and shift are independent using 5 %
significant level.
Solution::
5. The following MINITAB output was obtained from a company which manufactures special
plastic containers which are to hold a specified volume of hazardous material. On each of
the three 8 hour shifts workers are able to make 500 of the containers. Some containers do
not meet specifications as required by the company’s customer because they are too small,
others because they are too large.
8am 12 36 452 B
31.7 24.0 444.3 500.0
Solution::
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