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Finn read an article claiming that 50% of Americans have brown hair,

20% have black hair, 20% have blonde hair, and
10% have red hair. He wondered if the hair colors of students at his school followed this distribution, so he took a random sample of
50 students and recorded their hair colors. Here are his results:
Color Brown Black Blonde Red
Students
17 14 14 5
He wants to use these results to carry out a

2
χ
2
\chi, squared goodness-of-fit test to determine if the distribution of hair colors at his school disagrees with the claimed percentages.

Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A)

2
=
5.76
;
0.10
<
P-value
<
0.15


χ
2
=5.76;
0.10 ​

A

2
=
5.76
;
0.10
<
P-value
<
0.15


χ
2
=5.76;
0.10 ​

(Choice B)

2
=
5.76
;
0.20
<
P-value
<
0.25


χ
2
=5.76;
0.20 ​

B

2
=
5.76
;
0.20
<
P-value
<
0.25


χ
2
=5.76;
0.20 ​

(Choice C)

2
=
6.05
;
0.10
<
P-value
<
0.15


χ
2
=6.05;
0.10 ​

C

2
=
6.05
;
0.10
<
P-value
<
0.15


χ
2
=6.05;
0.10 ​

(Choice D)

2
=
6.05
;
0.15
<
P-value
<
0.20


χ
2
=6.05;
0.15 ​

D

2
=
6.05
;
0.15
<
P-value
<
0.20


χ
2
=6.05;
0.15 ​

User Meridith
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1 Answer

5 votes

Answer: Choice A ​

χ 2 =5.76;

0.10<P-value<0.15

Explanation:

User Mohan Govindasamy
by
7.9k points