Edexcel S3 2006 January — Question 4

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2006
SessionJanuary
TopicChi-squared distribution

4. People over the age of 65 are offered an annual flu injection. A health official took a random sample from a list of patients who were over 65 . She recorded their gender and whether or not the offer of an annual flu injection was accepted or rejected. The results are summarised below.
GenderAcceptedRejected
Male170110
Female280140
Using a \(5 \%\) significance level, test whether or not there is an association between gender and acceptance or rejection of an annual flu injection. State your hypotheses clearly.