Six People Have Declared Their Intentions to Run for a Seat

question 102

Short Answer

Six people have declared their intentions to run for a seat on the school board in the next local election. A poll is conducted during the campaign among 1,020 randomly sampled voters to determine if there is any clear preference among the voters. The responses are shown below. What is the computed chi-square statistic?

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

The hypothesis that predicts no interaction or association between variables, serving as the benchmark for statistical testing.

Null Hypothesis

The hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, and any observed deviation from this is due to sampling or experimental error.

Level of Significance

A threshold used in hypothesis testing to determine if a result is statistically significant, often represented by the alpha (α) level.

Population Proportion

The ratio of members in a group to the entire population that share a particular characteristic.