Chi-square tests worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
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A sweet manufacturer claims the colour proportions shown in the table. A random sample of 200 sweets gives the observed counts. Compute the chi-square goodness-of-fit statistic χ² for H₀: the claimed proportions are correct.

n = 200k = 3
χ² =
2.Easy
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A die is rolled 300 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 = 300k = 6
χ² =
3.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 “students, car”.

row total = 56column total = 38N = 113
E =
4.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 =
5.Hard
dfα = 0.05α = 0.0113.8416.63525.9919.21037.81511.34549.48813.277511.07015.086612.59216.812714.06718.475815.50720.090916.91921.6661018.30723.209

A chi-square test of independence is carried out on a contingency table with 2 rows and 11 columns (not counting the totals). Using the table, find the critical value χ²crit at significance level α = 0.01.

α = 0.01
χ²crit =
6.Hard

A chi-square test of independence is carried out on a contingency table with 3 rows and 4 columns (not counting the totals). How many degrees of freedom df does the test have?

3 × 4
df =

Answer key

  1. 1. χ² = 13.23
  2. 2. χ² = 41.32
  3. 3. E = 18.83
  4. 4. χ² = 0.15
  5. 5. χ²crit = 23.21
  6. 6. df = 6

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