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QUESTION:

 A 2012 study reported that the opinions of U.S. adults regarding the the issue of abortion has the following distribution:

Legal in all cases

Legal in most cases

Illegal in most cases

Illegal in all cases

Unsure

.23

.31

.23

.16

.07

700 randomly chosen U.S. adults were recently asked about their opinions regarding abortion and the data showed that:

  • 154 responded that abortion should be legal in call cases
  • 252 responded that abortion should be legal in most cases
  • 160 responded that abortion should be illegal in most cases
  • 98 responded that abortion should illegal in all cases
  • 36 were unsure.

We will use the chi-square goodness-of-fit test to assess whether or not the observed data fit the distribution reported by the 2012 study.

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Question 1

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Which of the following are the correct null and alternative hypotheses in this case?

ANSWER:

  • H0: The data fit the distribution reported by the 2012 study
  • Ha: The data do not fit the distribution reported by the 2012 study

Posted by Cleveland on September 23, 2024
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