Given Two Class Intervals and Their Respective Frequencies and Relative

question 52

Multiple Choice

Given two class intervals and their respective frequencies and relative frequencies, the ratio of the frequencies _________ the ratio of the relative frequencies.

• A)is less than
• B)is the same as
• C)is larger than
• D)could be less, equal, or larger than
• E)less than or equal to

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Definitions:

Chi-Squared Test

A statistical method employed to assess if the observed frequencies significantly differ from the expected frequencies across one or more categories.

Nominal Data

A type of categorical data for which the categories do not have a natural order or ranking.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it depends on the chosen significance level.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, usually set before the experiment.