Which Chi-Square test is most appropriate?

Is the type of television show that a person chooses to watch related to the brand of deodorant that a person uses?  1500 people were surveyed.

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test
• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity
• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association

Are some colors worn with other colors more often? We gather information on the primary color of people's pants and observe the primary color of their shirt worn with the pants. What can be concluded?

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test

• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity

• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association

Tags

CCSS.8.SP.A.4

Is the distribution of music that Californians listen to the same as that of Nevadans?  900 Californians and 600 Nevadans were surveyed.

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test
• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity
• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association

In 1974, each acre of the Tahoe basin was assessed to see what condition the soil was in.  23% of acres were of type I, 32% were of type II, 41% were of type III, and 16% were of type IV.  This year the region was assessed again and the number of each type were again determined.

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test
• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity
• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association

Does the political affiliation of congress reflect the political affiliation of the American Public? Sample 100 members of congress and record what their political affiliation is.

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test

• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity

• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

Do people on computers and people on handhelds use the same Internet search engines?  1000 web searches from a computer and 1500 web searches from a hand held were tracked to see what search engine was used.

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test
• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity
• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association

Is the type of music that people listen to related to the state that they were born in?  10,000 Americans were asked what type of music they listened to and where they were born.

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test
• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity
• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association

Is Gender a factor in a person’s favorite fruit?  400 men and 500 women were asked what their favorite fruit is to see if the distribution of favorite fruit is the same for men and women.

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test
• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity
• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Does knowing a student’s transfer goals help us to predict what letter grade that student will get in their statistics class. 3000 students were asked if they intended to transfer to another university and their grades were recorded.

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test

• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity

• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association

Is nationality related to favorite drink?  300 people were observed.

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test
• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity
• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association