11.49 [EX11-49] As reported in USA Today, about 8.9 million families sent students to college this year
Question:
11.49 [EX11-49] As reported in USA Today, about 8.9 million families sent students to college this year and more than half live away from home.
Where students live:
Parents’ or guardian’s home 46%
Campus housing 26%
Off-campus rental 18%
Own off-campus housing 9%
Other arrangements 2%
Note: Exceeds 100% due to rounding error.
A random sample of 1000 college students resulted in the following information:
Parents’ or guardian’s home 484 Campus housing 230 Off-campus rental 168 Own off-campus housing 96 Other arrangements 22 Is the distribution of this sample significantly different than the distribution reported in the newspaper?
Use 0.05. (To adjust for the rounding error, subtract 2 from each expected frequency.)
a. Solve using the p-value approach.
b. Solve using the classical approach.
Step by Step Answer:
Just The Essentials Of Elementary Statistics
ISBN: 9780495314875
10th Edition
Authors: Robert Johnson, Patricia Kuby