a.) Using the .01 level of significance, test the null hypothesis that in the
underlying population, crimes are equally likely to be committed on any day
of the week.
Response:
1
H 0=P sun=Pmon=P tues=P wed =Pthurs=P fri=P sat =
7
H 1 : H 0 is false
Decision Rule: Reject H0 at the 0.01 level of significance is
2
x ≥ 16.81
Calculations:
total sample ¿ ¿
f e =( expected proportion ) ¿
Frequen Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun Total
cy
fo 17 21 22 18 23 24 15 140
fe 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 140
Null hypothesis:
( f −f )2
x 2= ∑ o e
fe
( 17−20 )2 ( 21−20 )2 ( 22−20 )2 ( 18−20 )2 ( 23−20 )2 ( 24−20 )2 ( 15−20 )2
¿{ + + + + + + }
20 20 20 20 20 20 20
9 1 4 4 9 16 25
= 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20
68
= 20
= 3.4
2
Return the null hypothesis at 0.01 level because the observed x of 3.4 is
2
smaller than the critical x of 16.81. Crimes are likely to be committed on
any day of the week.
b.) Specify the approximate p -value for this test result.
, At 1% level significance, we return the null hypothesis H0 indicates the p-
2
value is greater than 0.01, that is, p>0.01. In the x table values we
observe the value 12.6 at 0.05 level and degrees of freedom = 6. We can
retain the null hypothesis at 5% level too. Therefore p>0.05.
c.) How might this result be reported in literature?
There is evidence that the crimes are equally likely to take place on any day
of the week [ x ( 6, n=200 )=3.4, p> 0.05 ] . We are unable to calculate ∅c , since
2 2
non-significant x 2 at 0.01 level. The parenthetical statement indicates that
2
a x based on 6 degrees of freedom and a sample size of 140 was found to
equal 3.4. The test result has an approximate p-value greater than 0.05,
because the null hypothesis was retained.
19.10
a.) Test the null hypothesis that this coin is unbiased, that is, that heads and tails are
equally likely to appear in the long run.
Null hypothesis
1
H 0 : P heads=P tails=
2 48
Decision rule: Reject H 0 at the 0.05 level of significance; if x2 ≥3.84 ,
given that the degrees of freedom equals to
=c-1
=2-1
=1
Calculations:
Frequency Heads Tails Total
fo 30 20 50
fe 25 25 50
Null hypothesis:
( f −f )2
x 2= ∑ o e
fe
( 30−25 )2 (20−25 )2
¿{ + }
25 25
25 25
= 25 + 25