Chi-square tests worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
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A die is rolled 180 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 = 180k = 6
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. Compute the chi-square statistic χ² for the test of independence between the row and column variables. Do not use a continuity correction.

N = 1402 × 3
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 = 66column total = 41N = 160
E =
5.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 =
6.Hard
passfailTotalplant A501060plant B372360plant C7822100Total16555220dfα = 0.05α = 0.0113.8416.63525.9919.21037.81511.34549.48813.277511.07015.086612.59216.812714.06718.475815.50720.090916.91921.6661018.30723.209

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 = 2203 × 2α = 0.05
χ² =

Answer key

  1. 1. χ² = 7
  2. 2. χ² = 8.96
  3. 3. χ² = 13.53
  4. 4. E = 16.91
  5. 5. df = 3
  6. 6. χ² = 8.391

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