SOLUTION: A study given in previous years showed that 25% of people voted in cities, 45% voted in rural areas, and 30% voted overseas. A most recent study of 100 persons shows that 35 of

Question 1198281: A study given in previous years showed that 25% of people voted in cities, 45% voted in rural areas, and 30% voted overseas. A most recent study of 100 persons shows that 35 of them voted in cities, 27 in rural areas, and 38 voted while overseas.
The distribution that should be used to analyze the difference in the proportions is one of the following. Which one?:
A) Normal distribution
B) T distribution
C) Chi distribution
D) Binomial distribution
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
25 35
45 27
30 38
Used Chi distribution
test = 7.18, p = .0286 rounded
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