Question

Margot surveyed a random sample of 180 people from the United States about their favorite sports to watch. Then she sent separate, similar, survey to a random sample of 180 people from the United Kingdom. Here are the results:

Favorite sport to watch United States United kingdom Total
Basketball 60 51 111
Football 67 14 81
Soccer 28 86 114
Tennis 25 29 54
Total 180 180 360

Margot wants to perform a x^2 test of homogeneity on these results. What is the expected count for the cell corresponding to people from the United Kingdom whose favorite sports to watch is tennis?

Answer 1

27

Explanation:

The expected count in a χ² test can be obtained thus :

Expected count for each each point in a two way table ::

(row total * column total) / total

Therefore, expected count for cell corresponding to people from United Kingdom whose favorite sport is tennis :

Row total = (51+14+86+29) = 180

Column total = (25 + 29) = 54

Total = 360

Hence,

Expected count = (180 * 54) / 360

Expected count = 27