Edexcel S3 — Question 6

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
TopicChi-squared distribution

6. A market researcher recorded the number of adverts for vehicles in each of three categories on ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 over a period of time. The results are shown in the table below.
ITVChannel 4Channel 5
Family Saloon693528
Sports Car202818
Off-road Vehicle12228
  1. Stating your hypotheses clearly, test at the \(5 \%\) level of significance whether or not there is evidence of the proportion of adverts for each type of vehicle being dependent on the channel.
  2. Suggest a reason for your result in part (a).