Edexcel S3 2021 June — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2021
SessionJune
TopicChi-squared distribution

  1. A doctor believes that the diet of her patients and their health are not independent.
She takes a random sample of 200 patients and records whether they are in good health or poor health and whether they have a good diet or a poor diet. The results are summarised in the table below.
\cline { 2 - 3 } \multicolumn{1}{c|}{}Good healthPoor health
Good diet868
Poor diet9115
Stating your hypotheses clearly, test the doctor's belief using a \(5 \%\) level of significance. Show your working for your test statistic and state your critical value clearly.