document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=422784>Question 422784</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A company manager wishes to test a union leader’s claim that absences on different week days with the same frequency. To test her claim at the 0.05 significance level she collected the following sample data.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Day 	       Monday	Tuesday	  Wednesday	Thursday 	Friday<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Absences	37	15	     12	            23	         43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	  Does the data support her claim?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Day 	       Monday	Tuesday	  Wednesday	Thursday 	Friday<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Absences	37	15	     12	            23	         43<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Does the data support her claim?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Expected value for each day is (1/5)(130) = 26<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ho: The proportions are all equal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ha: The proportions are not all equal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I ran a Chi-Sq Goodness of Fit program on the data <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and got the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "test stat: Chi-Sq = 102.32..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p-value = 3.1526..x10^-21<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Conclusion:Since the p-value is less than 5%, reject Ho.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The proportions are not all equal.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.  </SPAN>\n" );
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