OCR MEI Further Statistics Minor 2021 November — Question 3

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Statistics Minor (Further Statistics Minor)
Year2021
SessionNovember
TopicChi-squared distribution

3 A student wants to know whether there is any association between age and whether or not people smoke. The student takes a sample of 120 adults and asks each of them whether or not they smoke. Below is a screenshot showing part of a spreadsheet used to analyse the data. Some values in the spreadsheet have been deliberately omitted.
ABCDE
1\multirow{3}{*}{}Observed frequency
2Age
316-3435-5960 and over
4\multirow{2}{*}{Smoking status}Smoker1373
5Non-smoker284326
6
7Expected frequency
87.8583
933.1417
10
11Contributions to the test statistic
123.36420.69641.1775
130.16510.2792
11
  1. The student wants to carry out a chi-squared test to analyse the data. State a requirement of the sample if the test is to be valid. For the rest of this question, you should assume that this requirement is met.
  2. Determine the missing values in each of the following cells.
    • E8
    • C13
    • In this question you must show detailed reasoning.
    Carry out a hypothesis test at the \(5 \%\) significance level to investigate whether there is any association between age and smoking status.
  3. Discuss what the data suggest about the smoking status for each different age group.