R5. (Part 2/4)

The numbers of false fire alarms were counted each month at a number of sites. The results are given in the following table. Test the hypothesis that false alarms are equally likely to occur in any month. Use the a = 0.05 level of significance and the P-value method with the TI-Plus calculator.

Month Number of Alarms

January 40

February 40

March 42

April 39

May 30

June 44

July 33

August 38

September 45

October 34

November 30

December 38

1 of 4 Part

(a) State the null and alternate hypotheses.

H0: p1 = p2 = p3 = ... p10 = p11 = p12 = 1/12 (answered)

H1 : Some or all of the actual probabilities (differ) from those specified by H0 .

Part 2

(b) Find the P-value. Round the answer to at least four decimal places.

The P-value is .