If there is no seasonal effect on human births, we would expect equal numbers of children to be born in each season (winter, spring, summer, and fall). A student takes a census of her statistics class and finds that of the 120 students in the class,25 were born in winter,36 in spring, 31 in summer, and 28

in fall. She wonders if the excess in the spring is an indication that births are not uniform throughout the year. Complete parts a through e below.

a) If there is no seasonal effect, about how big, on average, would you expect the 2 statistic to be (what is the mean of the 2

distribution)?

The expected 2 statistic is______ enter your response here.

(Type an integer or a decimal.)