AQA S2 2008 January — Question 6

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
Year2008
SessionJanuary
TopicChi-squared distribution

6 A survey is carried out in an attempt to determine whether the salary achieved by the age of 30 is associated with having had a university education. The results of this survey are given in the table.
Salary < £30000Salary \(\boldsymbol { \geq }\) £30000Total
University education5278130
No university education6357120
Total115135250
  1. Use a \(\chi ^ { 2 }\) test, at the \(10 \%\) level of significance, to determine whether the salary achieved by the age of 30 is associated with having had a university education.
  2. What do you understand by a Type I error in this context?