TABLE 12-3 The Director of Transportation of a Large Company Is Interested

question 31

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TABLE 12-3
The director of transportation of a large company is interested in the usage of her van pool. She considers her routes to be divided into local and non-local. She is particularly interested in learning if there is a difference in the proportion of males and females who use the local routes. She takes a sample of a day's riders and finds the following:

She will use this information to perform a chi-square hypothesis test using a level of significance of 0.05.
-Referring to Table 12-3, the expected cell frequency in the Female/Non-Local cell is ________.

Assess the reliability and validity concerns associated with different types of tests.

Understand the criticisms and defenses of achievement and cognitive ability testing.

Describe the impact of federal laws such as the No Child Left Behind Act on educational testing and accountability.

Recognize the characteristics of cognitive ability tests and their role in educational assessment.

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