MALLOY PSYCH 3000

HW CHI-SQUARE GOODNESS OF FIT

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Homework Chi-Square Goodness of Fit

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Suppose that you read in the newspaper that a national survey showed that at
Thanksgiving 35% of Americans report that Pumpkin is their favorite pie, 30% report
that Pecan is their favorite, 20% report Apple is their favorite, 10% report Mincemeat is
their favorite, and 5% report that some other pie is their favorite. Since you live in an
apple-producing region of the country, you hypothesize that your neighbors will show a
different pattern of pie preferences than did the rest of America. You go around your
neighborhood and survey peoples pie preferences. The data are in the table below.
Neighborhood Pie Preferences (frequencies)

1.
2.

Pumpkin

Pecan

Apple

Mincemeat

Other

20

10

30

Does this data pattern fit with the scientific

hypothesis?
Check the statistical conclusion validity at alpha =
.05. (Choose and name an appropriate test, state the
null and alternative statistical hypotheses, draw a
line with appropriate critical value(s) and rejection
region(s), calculate the test statistic, and, finally,
reject or do not reject the null hypothesis).