7 It is thought that a person's eye colour is related to the reaction of the person's skin to ultra-violet light. As part of a study, a random sample of 140 people were treated with a standard dose of ultra-violet light. The degree of reaction was classified as None, Mild or Strong. The results are given in Table 1. The corresponding expected frequencies for a \(\chi ^ { 2 }\) test of association between eye colour and reaction are shown in Table 2.
\begin{table}[h]
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\caption{Table 1
Observed frequencies}
| | Eye colour | |
| | Blue | Brown | Other | Total |
| None | 12 | 17 | 10 | 39 |
| Reaction | Mild | 31 | 21 | 11 | 63 |
| Strong | 22 | 4 | 12 | 38 |
| Total | 65 | 42 | 33 | 140 |
\end{table}
\begin{table}[h]
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\caption{Table 2
Expected frequencies}
| | Eye colour |
| | Blue | Brown | Other |
| None | 18.11 | 11.70 | 9.19 |
| Reaction | Mild | 29.25 | 18.90 | 14.85 |
| Strong | 17.64 | 11.40 | 8.96 |
\end{table}
- (a) State suitable hypotheses for the test.
(b) Show how the expected frequency of 18.11 in Table 2 is obtained.
(c) Show that the three cells in the top row together contribute 4.53 to the calculated value of \(\chi ^ { 2 }\), correct to 2 decimal places.
(d) You are given that the total calculated value of \(\chi ^ { 2 }\) is 12.78 , correct to 2 decimal places. Give the smallest value of \(\alpha\) obtained from the tables for which the null hypothesis would be rejected at the \(\alpha \%\) significance level. - Test, at the \(5 \%\) significance level, whether the proportions of people in the whole population with blue eyes, brown eyes and other colours are in the ratios \(2 : 2 : 1\).
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