A Study Conducted for a Woman's Magazine Indicates That the Number

question 29

Essay

A study conducted for a woman's magazine indicates that the number of children desired by newly-married Canadian couples is distributed as follows.
Number of children desired Percent
0 9%
1 17%
2 55%
3 11%
Over 3 8%
A random sample of 600 couples in Ontario resulted in the following data.
Number of children desired Frequency
0 55
1 118
2 340
3 60
Over 3 27
Ontario couples is different from that of the Canadian population as a whole.Use a 5% level of significance.