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A Psychology Instructor Gave a Five-Question True-False Quiz to Her  Number Correct 012345 Observed 83056482610\begin{array}{l|cccccc}\text { Number Correct } & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\\hline \text { Observed } & 8 & 30 & 56 & 48 & 26 & 10\end{array}

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A psychology instructor gave a five-question true-false quiz to her class of 178 students. The results were as follows.
 Number Correct 012345 Observed 83056482610\begin{array}{l|cccccc}\text { Number Correct } & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\\hline \text { Observed } & 8 & 30 & 56 & 48 & 26 & 10\end{array}

The instructor thinks that the students may have answered the questions by guessing, so tl probability that any given answer is correct is 0.50.5 . Under the null hypothesis, the number of correct answers has a binomial distribution with 5 trials and success probability 0.50.5 .
Perform a chi-square test of this hypothesis. Can you reject H0H _ { 0 } at the α=0.01\alpha = 0.01 level?


A) Yes
B) No

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