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

question 192

Short Answer

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 test will involve ________ degree(s) of freedom.

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Definitions:

Demand Curve

A graphical representation of the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded by consumers.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in its price, with higher elasticity indicating greater sensitivity.

Elastic

Describes demand that is highly responsive to changes in price, where a small price change leads to a large change in quantity demanded.

Inelastic

Describes a scenario where the demand or supply of a good or service is not significantly changed when the price of that good or service changes.