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document.write( "Ho: the proportions are equal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ha: the proportions are not equal<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I ran a goodness of fit test on the data and got:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Chi-Sq = 1.0101<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p-value = 0.7988<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the p-value is greater than 5%,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "fail to reject Ho.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The proportions are equal at the 5% significance level.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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