OCR S3 2013 January — Question 8

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2013
SessionJanuary
TopicChi-squared distribution

8 After contracting a particular disease, patients from a hospital are advised to have their blood tested monthly for a year. In order to test whether patients comply with this advice the hospital management commissioned a survey of 100 patients. A hospital statistician selected the patients randomly from records and asked the patients whether or not they had complied with the advice. The results classified by gender are as follows.
Gender
\cline { 2 - 4 }FemaleMale
\cline { 2 - 4 } ComplyYes3430
\cline { 2 - 4 }No1125
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  1. Test at the \(5 \%\) significance level whether compliance with the advice is independent of gender.
  2. A manager believed that a greater proportion of female patients than male patients comply with the advice. Carry out an appropriate test of proportions at the \(10 \%\) significance level.