Student Absenteeism: Consider a Multinomial Experiment Involving N = 200

question 118

Essay

Student Absenteeism: Consider a multinomial experiment involving n = 200 students of a large high school. The attendance department recorded the number of students who were absent during the weekdays. The null hypothesis to be tested is: H₀: p₁ = 0.10, p₂ = 0.25, p₃ = 0.30, p₄ = 0.20, p₅ = 0.15.
-Test the hypothesis at the 5% level of significance with the following frequencies:

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