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The data set I have chosen originated in the university library from the United States Census Bureau Medicaid/Means-Tested Public Coverage by Sex by Age in
The data set I have chosen originated in the university library from the United States Census Bureau Medicaid/Means-Tested Public Coverage by Sex by Age in New York. The three variables include:
- Age
- What age is the participant?
- Under 6 years
- 6-18 years
- 19-25 years
- 26-34 years
- 35-44 years
- 45-54 years
- 55-64years
- 65-74years
- 75 years and older
- What age is the participant?
- Sex
- What is your Sex?
- Male
- Female
- What is your Sex?
- Medicaid enrollment
- Are you enrolled in Medicaid?
- Is in enrolled in Medicaid
- Is not enrolled in Medicaid
- Are you enrolled in Medicaid?
Hypothesis Question: as they age, do female residents in New York enroll in Medicaid at a higher rate than male residents do?
H0: Age is not a factor for a person enrolling in Medicaid.
H1: Females ages 45 and above have a higher Medicaid enrollment rate than males.
I ran a chi-square test with alpha being 0.5 and got the following results:
Expected | |||||
Sex | Age | Total | Enrolled in Medicaid | Not Enrolled in Medicaid | Total |
Male | Under 6 years | 662402 | 183271.7 | 479130.3 | 1324804 |
Male | 6 to 18 years | 1570903 | 434633.5 | 1136269.5 | 3141806 |
Male | 19 to 25 years | 844449 | 233640.1 | 610808.9 | 1688898 |
Male | 26 to 34 years | 1237066 | 342268.4 | 894797.6 | 2474132 |
Male | 35 to 44 years | 1244366 | 344288.1 | 900077.9 | 2488732 |
Male | 45 to 54 years | 1193381 | 330181.7 | 863199.3 | 2386762 |
Male | 55 to 64 years | 1289659 | 356819.7 | 932839.3 | 2579318 |
Male | 65 to 74 years | 940709 | 260273.0 | 680436.0 | 1881418 |
Male | 75 years and over | 552474 | 152857.1 | 399616.9 | 1104948 |
Female | Under 6 years | 612785.5 | 169544.0 | 443241.5 | 1225571 |
Female | 6 to 18 years | 1351614 | 373961.2 | 977652.8 | 2703228 |
Female | 19 to 25 years | 924696 | 255842.6 | 668853.4 | 1849392 |
Female | 26 to 34 years | 1222413.5 | 338214.3 | 884199.2 | 2444827 |
Female | 35 to 44 years | 1277168.5 | 353363.8 | 923804.7 | 2554337 |
Female | 45 to 54 years | 1421728.5 | 393360.3 | 1028368.2 | 2843457 |
Female | 55 to 64 years | 1320347 | 365310.3 | 955036.7 | 2640694 |
Female | 65 to 74 years | 1069426 | 295886.1 | 773539.9 | 2138852 |
Female | 75 years and over | 863460 | 238900.0 | 624560.0 | 1726920 |
Total | 19599048 | 5422616.0 | 14176432.0 | 39198096 | |
p | 0 |
What is the analysis of the test?
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