OCR MEI Further Statistics A AS 2018 June — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Statistics A AS (Further Statistics A AS)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicChi-squared distribution

5 A random sample of workers for a large company were asked whether they are smokers, ex-smokers or have never smoked. The responses were classified by the type of worker: Managerial, Production line or Administrative. Fig. 5 is a screenshot showing part of the spreadsheet used to analyse the data. Some values in the spreadsheet have been deliberately omitted. \begin{table}[h]
ABCDEF
1Observed frequencies
2SmokerEx-smokerNever smokedTotals
3Managerial210517
4Production line18152154
5Administrative1361433
6Totals333140104
7
8Expected frequencies
95.39425.06736.5385
1017.134620.7692
1110.47129.836512.6923
12
13Contributions to the test statistic
142.13584.80170.3620
150.04370.0026
161.49640.1347
17Test statistic9.66
18
\captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 5}
\end{table}
  1. (A) State the sample size.
    (B) State the null and alternative hypotheses for a test to investigate whether there is any association between type of worker and smoking status.
  2. Showing your calculations, find the missing values in each of the following cells.
    • C 10
    • C 15
    • B 16
    • Complete the hypothesis test at the \(10 \%\) level of significance.
    • Discuss briefly what the data suggest about smoking status for different types of workers. You should make a comment for each type of worker.