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 120 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 = 120k = 6
χ² =
3.Medium
busbikecarTotalstudents2292960staff28184086Total502769146

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 = 60column total = 69N = 146
E =
4.Medium
no defectminormajorTotalday shift19392179night shift43282293Total626743172

The contingency table shows observed counts. For a chi-square test of independence, find the expected count E for the cell “day shift, no defect”.

row total = 79column total = 62N = 172
E =
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 6 columns (not counting the totals). Using the table, find the critical value χ²crit at significance level α = 0.05.

α = 0.05
χ²crit =
6.Hard
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The table shows observed counts. Test at α = 0.05 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 = 1803 × 2α = 0.05
χ² =

Answer key

  1. 1. χ² = 2.933
  2. 2. χ² = 6.6
  3. 3. E = 28.36
  4. 4. E = 28.48
  5. 5. χ²crit = 11.07
  6. 6. χ² = 10.02

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