Exam 12: Chi-Square Tests and Nonparametric Tests

TABLE 12-1 A study published in the American Journal of Public Health was conducted to determine whether the use of seat belts in motor vehicles depends on ethnic status in San Diego County. A sample of 792 children treated for injuries sustained from motor vehicle accidents was obtained, and each child was classified according to (1) ethnic status (Hispanic or non-Hispanic) and (2) seat belt usage (worn or not worn) during the accident. The number of children in each category is given in the table below. -Referring to Table 12-1, at 5% level of significance, the critical value of the test statistic is

TABLE 12-9 Four surgical procedures currently are used to install pacemakers. If the patient does not need to return for follow-up surgery, the operation is called a "clear" operation. A heart center wants to compare the proportion of clear operations for the 4 procedures, and collects the following numbers of patients from their own records: They will use this information to test for a difference among the proportion of clear operations using a chi-square test with a level of significance of 0.05. -Referring to Table 12-9, what is the value of the critical range for the Marascuilo procedure to test for the difference in proportions between procedure B and procedure D using a 0.05 level of significance?

In testing a hypothesis using the χ² test, the theoretical frequencies are based on the

TABLE 12-6 The dean of a college is interested in the proportion of graduates from his college who have a job offer on graduation day. He is particularly interested in seeing if there is a difference in this proportion for accounting and economics majors. In a random sample of 100 of each type of major at graduation, he found that 65 accounting majors and 52 economics majors had job offers. If the accounting majors are designated as "Group 1" and the economics majors are designated as "Group 2," perform the appropriate hypothesis test using a level of significance of 0.05. -Referring to Table 12-6, the null hypothesis should be rejected.

TABLE 12-9 Four surgical procedures currently are used to install pacemakers. If the patient does not need to return for follow-up surgery, the operation is called a "clear" operation. A heart center wants to compare the proportion of clear operations for the 4 procedures, and collects the following numbers of patients from their own records: They will use this information to test for a difference among the proportion of clear operations using a chi-square test with a level of significance of 0.05. -Referring to Table 12-9, there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportions between procedure A and procedure D are different at a 0.05 level of significance.

The squared difference between the observed and theoretical frequencies should be large if there is no significant difference between the proportions.

TABLE 12-17 Data on the percentage of 200 hotels in each of the three large cities across the world on whether minibar charges are correctly posted at checkout are given below. At the 0.05 level of significance, you want to know if there is evidence of a difference in the proportion of hotels that correctly post minibar charges among the three cities. -Referring to Table 12-17, what are the values of the absolute difference and the critical range for the Marascuilo procedure to test for the difference in proportions between Hong Kong and New York using a 0.05 level of significance?

TABLE 12-13 According to an article in Marketing News, fewer checks are being written at grocery store checkout stands than in the past. To determine whether there is a difference in the proportion of shoppers who pay by check among three consecutive years at a 0.05 level of significance, the results of a survey of 500 shoppers in three consecutive years are obtained and presented below. -Referring to Table 12-13, what is the p-value of the test statistic?

TABLE 12-9 Four surgical procedures currently are used to install pacemakers. If the patient does not need to return for follow-up surgery, the operation is called a "clear" operation. A heart center wants to compare the proportion of clear operations for the 4 procedures, and collects the following numbers of patients from their own records: They will use this information to test for a difference among the proportion of clear operations using a chi-square test with a level of significance of 0.05. -Referring to Table 12-9, the expected cell frequency for the Procedure A/Clear cell is ________.

TABLE 12-17 Data on the percentage of 200 hotels in each of the three large cities across the world on whether minibar charges are correctly posted at checkout are given below. At the 0.05 level of significance, you want to know if there is evidence of a difference in the proportion of hotels that correctly post minibar charges among the three cities. -Referring to Table 12-17, the expected cell frequency for the Paris/No cell is ________.

TABLE 12-13 According to an article in Marketing News, fewer checks are being written at grocery store checkout stands than in the past. To determine whether there is a difference in the proportion of shoppers who pay by check among three consecutive years at a 0.05 level of significance, the results of a survey of 500 shoppers in three consecutive years are obtained and presented below. -Referring to Table 12-13, what is the value of the critical range for the Marascuilo procedure to test for the difference in proportions between year 1 and year 2 using a 0.05 level of significance?

TABLE 12-2 Many companies use well-known celebrities as spokespersons in their TV advertisements. A study was conducted to determine whether brand awareness of female TV viewers and the gender of the spokesperson are independent. Each in a sample of 300 female TV viewers was asked to identify a product advertised by a celebrity spokesperson. The gender of the spokesperson and whether or not the viewer could identify the product was recorded. The numbers in each category are given below. -Referring to Table 12-2, the calculated test statistic is

TABLE 12-11 Parents complain that children read too few storybooks and watch too much television nowadays. A survey of 1,000 children reveals the following information on average time spent watching TV and average time spent reading storybooks -Referring to Table 12-11, if the null hypothesis of no connection between time spent watching TV and time spent reading story books is true, how many children watching less than 2 hours of TV and reading no more than 2 hours of story books on average can we expect?

TABLE 12-5 A corporation randomly selects 150 salespeople and finds that 66% who have never taken a self-improvement course would like such a course. The firm did a similar study 10 years ago in which 60% of a random sample of 160 salespeople wanted a self-improvement course. The groups are assumed to be independent random samples. Let π₁ and π₂ represent the true proportion of workers who would like to attend a self-improvement course in the recent study and the past study, respectively. -Referring to Table 12-5, what is the value of the test statistic to use in evaluating the alternative hypothesis that there is a difference in the two population proportions using α = 0.10?

TABLE 12-17 Data on the percentage of 200 hotels in each of the three large cities across the world on whether minibar charges are correctly posted at checkout are given below. At the 0.05 level of significance, you want to know if there is evidence of a difference in the proportion of hotels that correctly post minibar charges among the three cities. -Referring to Table 12-17, there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the proportions between Hong Kong and Paris are different at a 0.05 level of significance.

TABLE 12-4 One criterion used to evaluate employees in the assembly section of a large factory is the number of defective pieces per 1,000 parts produced. The quality control department wants to find out whether there is a relationship between years of experience and defect rate. Since the job is repetitious, after the initial training period any improvement due to a learning effect might be offset by a loss of motivation. A defect rate is calculated for each worker in a yearly evaluation. The results for 100 workers are given in the table below. -Referring to Table 12-4, which test would be used to properly analyze the data in this experiment to determine whether there is a relationship between defect rate and years of experience?

If we use the χ² method of analysis to test for the differences among 4 proportions, the degrees of freedom are equal to:

TABLE 12-12 Recent studies have found that American children are more obese than in the past. The amount of time children spent watching television has received much of the blame. A survey of 100 ten-year-olds revealed the following with regards to weights and average number of hours a day spent watching television. We are interested in testing whether the average number of hours spent watching TV and weights are independent at 1% level of significance. -Referring to Table 12-12, if there is no connection between weights and average number of hours spent watching TV, we should expect how many children to be spending no more than 6 hours on average watching TV and are more than 10 lbs. underweight?

If the assumptions of the one-way ANOVA F test are not met, which of the following test could be used?

The procedure for the Wilcoxon rank sum test requires that we rank each group separately rather than together.