A Researcher Believes That a Variable Is Poisson Distributed Across $\alpha$

question 18

Multiple Choice

A researcher believes that a variable is Poisson distributed across six categories.To test this, the following random sample of observations is collected: Using $\alpha$ = 0.10, the observed chi-square value for this goodness-of-fit test is ___.

• A)2.28
• B)14.57
• C)17.43
• D)1.68
• E)2.67

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