Question

A personnel manager is concerned about absenteeism. she decides to sample employee records to determine if absenteeism is distributed evenly throughout the six-day workweek. the null hypothesis is: absenteeism is distributed evenly throughout the week. the 0.01 level is to be used. the sample results are: day of the week number of employees absent monday 12 tuesday 9 wednesday 11 thursday 10 friday 9 saturday 9 what is the calculated value of chi-square?

Answer 1

Hello your question lacks the required options

A.)11.070 B.)2.592

C.)13.388 D.)15.033

answer : 15.033 (D)

Explanation:

The given Data

Day of The Week number of Absentees

Monday 12

Tuesday 9

Wednesday 11

Thursday 10

Friday 9

Saturday 9

The critical value of chi-square = 15.09 and this obtained by entering the degrees of freedom and level of significance into minitab. attached below is the plot

hence for the given options the critical value of chi-square is ≈ 15.03