document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=586508>Question 586508</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A study of health care planning undertook a mail survey of hospital administrators in Arkansas,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Louisiana, and east Texas. Research question: At &#945; = .05, is the type of planning independent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the intensity of competition? (Data are from D. O. McKee, P. R. Varadarajan, and J. Vassar,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "“A Taxonomy of Marketing Planning Styles,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 18,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "no. 2 [Spring 1990], pp. 131–41.) Planning<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Degree of Limited Constituency Comprehensive<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Competition Planning Planning Planning Row Total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Low 11 25 33 69<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Moderate 19 23 15 57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "High 43 25 17 85<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Col Total 73 73 65 211 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #373774 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=373774\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> is the type of planning independent of the intensity of competition? (Data are from D. O. McKee, P. R. Varadarajan, and J. Vassar,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "“A Taxonomy of Marketing Planning Styles,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science 18, no. 2 [Spring 1990], pp. 131–41.) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Planning<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Degree of Limited Constituency Comprehensive<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Competition Planning Planning Planning Row Total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Low....... 11.... 25.... 33... 69<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Moderate ..19.... 23.... 15... 57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "High...... 43.... 25.... 17... 85<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Col Total. 73.... 73.... 65... 211<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ho: row and column factors are independent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ha: they are not independent<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I ran a Chi-Sq Test on the data and got the following results:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Test statistic: Chi-Sq = 24.59<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p-value = 6.075x10^-5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the p-value is less than 5%, reject Ho.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The test results do not support saying the row<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and column factors are independent.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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