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

question 79

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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