Chi-square tests worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
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A die is rolled 90 times to test whether it is fair. The counts of each face are shown. Compute the chi-square goodness-of-fit statistic χ² for H₀: each face has probability 1/6.

n = 90k = 6
χ² =
2.Easy
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A die is rolled 60 times to test whether it is fair. The counts of each face are shown. Compute the chi-square goodness-of-fit statistic χ² for H₀: each face has probability 1/6.

n = 60k = 6
χ² =
3.Medium
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The contingency table shows observed counts. Compute the chi-square statistic χ² for the test of independence between the row and column variables. Do not use a continuity correction.

N = 1202 × 2
χ² =
4.Medium
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The contingency table shows observed counts. For a chi-square test of independence, find the expected count E for the cell “rural, medium”.

row total = 60column total = 52N = 117
E =
5.Hard
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The table shows observed counts. Test at α = 0.01 whether the two variables are independent (no continuity correction). Compute the test statistic χ², then compare it with the critical value from the table.

N = 1603 × 2α = 0.01
χ² =
6.Hard

A chi-square goodness-of-fit test checks whether counts in 5 categories follow a Poisson distribution whose mean is estimated from the same data. How many degrees of freedom df does the test have?

k = 5
df =

Answer key

  1. 1. χ² = 3.733
  2. 2. χ² = 2
  3. 3. χ² = 0.5556
  4. 4. E = 26.67
  5. 5. χ² = 15.6
  6. 6. df = 3

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