Chapter 11 AP Statistics

Find the degrees of freedom.

• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7

The table shows the number or babies born on each day of the week.  Is there evidence that births are more likely on specific days of the week?

• yes, the p value is greater than .05
• no, the p value is less than .05
• yes, the p value is less than .05
• no, the p value is greater than .05

What must be true about the expected values in a chi square test?

• greater than or equal to 2
• greater than or equal to 5
• greater than or equal to 10
• greater than or equal to 30

Which test would you use to see if the distribution of music that Californians listen to is 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
• Not a Chi-square test

Which test would you use .... 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
• Not a Chi-square test

Which test would you use to see if 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
• Not a Chi-square test

Which test would you use to see if gender is a factor choosing a person’s favorite fruit?  900 college students were surveyed and their favorite fruit recorded.

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test
• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity
• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association
• Not a Chi-square test

Which test would you use to see if shoe brand preferences changed between last year and this year?  1000 people were observed this year and last year to see what brand of shoe they were wearing.

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test
• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity
• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association
• Not a Chi-square test

Which test would you use to see whether the fans that buy tickets are demographically the same as the general population of the city.  Currently 42% are Caucasian, 35% are Hispanic, 12% are African American, 8% are Asian, and the rest are defined as other.

• Chi-square Goodness of Fit Test
• Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity
• Chi-Square Test for Independence/Association
• Not a Chi-square test

What are the expected counts of a female who likes Pepsi?

• 10.5
• 11
• 14.5
• 6.3