Question

The exact numbers of each color of Umbrella Corporation's most popular candy, W&Ws, naturally vary from bag to bag, but the company wants to make sure that the process as a whole is producing the fve colors in equal proportions. Which of the following would represent the alternative hypothesis in a chi squared goodness-of-fost conducted to determine if the five colors of W&Ws occur in equal proportions? My: Al of the proportions are different from 0.20 MP1 P2 =3 =p4 P5 - 0.20 0 Hy: At least two of the mean number of colors differ from one another He the number of candies per bag and candy color are dependent Hy: At least one proportion is not equal to 0 20 5.5556

Answer 1

Question in order:

The exact numbers of each color of Umbrella Corporation's most popular candy, W&Ws, naturally vary from bag to bag, but the company wants to make sure that the process as a whole is producing the five colors in equal proportions. Which of the following would represent the alternative hypothesis in a chi-squared goodness-of-fit test conducted to determine if the five colors of W&Ws occur in equal proportions?

a. H1: All of the proportions are different from 0.20

b. HI: p1 = P2 = p3 =P4=p5 = 0.20

c. H1: At least one proportion is not equal to 0.20

d. H1: At least two of the mean number of colors differ from one another.

e. HI: the number of candies per bag and candy color are dependent

Answer:

option C

Explanation:

H1: At least one proportion is not equal to 0.20