1. The Humane Society has to set up a budget for the coming year. The concern is whether they need to buy more dog food or more cat food. Over the past year, they have housed 637 cats and 725 dogs. If the population of dogs and cats is theoretically equal, was the sample they cared for last year different from the norm?

a. What test does this problem require?

b. What are the null and alternative hypotheses?

c. Construct a table of the observed and expected cell frequencies:

d. Calculate the value of the test statistic for the test you selected in 1a:

e. Determine the degrees of freedom for this test:

f. Compare your calculated value of the test statistic to the appropriate critical value. Is this significant?

g. Write up your results below: