A Statistician in a Small Town Wishes to Determine If

question 15

Multiple Choice

A statistician in a small town wishes to determine if persons treated for an accident involving a joint injury were more likely to go to an orthopedist or a chiropractor. In the small town, there is only one orthopedist and one chiropractor. The orthopedist saw 118 people for joint injuries in one year. The chiropractor saw 83.

-The derived chi-square value for this problem is

• A)3.94
• B)1.09
• C)5.69
• D)6.09

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