TABLE 11-3 The Director of Transportation of a Large Company Is Interested

question 56

Short Answer

TABLE 11-3
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 11-3, the test will involve ________ degree(s)of freedom.

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Definitions:

Spatial Abilities

The capacity to understand, reason, and remember the spatial relations among objects or space.

Gender Differences

Variations in the attributes, opportunities, behaviors, and roles typically associated with being male or female in a given society.

Mental Images

Visual representations in the mind that are not currently being perceived but recalled or imagined.

Meta-Analysis

A statistical technique for combining the findings from independent studies to determine overall trends.