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

question 49

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 value of the observed chi-square for the data is ___.

• A) 19.37
• B) 2.29
• C) 1.74
• D) 3.28
• E) 4.48

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