A Variable Contains Five Categories $\alpha$ = 10, the Appropriate Decision Is ___

question 23

Multiple Choice

A variable contains five categories.It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these five categories.To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 26, 10, 17, 21, and 26.Using $\alpha$ = .10, the appropriate decision is ___.

• A)do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
• B)do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
• C)reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
• D)reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
• E)do nothing

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