A Company Wants to Determine If Its Employees Have Any $x ^ { 2 }$

question 16

Multiple Choice

A company wants to determine if its employees have any preference among 5 different health plans which it offers to them. A sample of 200 employees provided the data below. Calculate the chi-square test statistic $x ^ { 2 }$ to test the claim that the probabilities show no preference. Use $\alpha$

=0.01 .
$\begin{array} { l | c l l l l } \text { Plan } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\\hline \text { Employees } & 65 & 32 & 18 & 55 & 30\end{array}$

• A) 37.45
• B) 45.91
• C) 48.91
• D) 55.63

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