A Chewing Gum Manufacturer Wishes to Determine If His Customers

question 65

Multiple Choice

A chewing gum manufacturer wishes to determine if his customers prefer one flavour of gum to any other flavour. He selects a random sample of customers and records the flavour of gum that is purchased. What
$\begin{array} { l l c } & \text { Type } & \text { Number Sold } \\ & \text { Spearmint } & 25 \\ & \text { Wintergreen } & 32 \\ \text { is the test statistic for the data given? } & \text { Cherry } & 18 \\ \text { Cinnamon } & 43 \end{array}$

• A) 6.18
• B) 29.5
• C) 11.56
• D) 18.0

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