OCR MEI Further Statistics Major Specimen — Question 9

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Statistics Major (Further Statistics Major)
SessionSpecimen
TopicChi-squared distribution

9 A random sample of adults in the UK were asked to state their primary source of news: television (T), internet (I), newspapers (N) or radio (R). The responses were classified by age group, and an analysis was carried out to see if there is any association between age group and primary source of news. Fig. 9 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
1SourceAge group
2of news18-3233-4748-6465+
3T63617180275
4I33332212100
5N98112048
6R499527
7109111113117450
8
9Expected frequencies
1066.6167.8369.0671.50
1124.2224.6726.00
1211.6311.8412.0512.48
136.546.666.787.02
14
15Contributions to the test statistic
160.200.690.051.01
173.182.827.54
180.590.094.53
190.990.820.730.58
20test statistic25.45
\captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Fig. 9}
\end{table}
  1. (A) State the sample size.
    (B) Give the name of the appropriate hypothesis test.
    (C) State the null and alternative hypotheses.
  2. Showing your calculations, find the missing values in cells
    • D11,
    • D17 and
    • C18.
    • Complete the appropriate hypothesis test at the \(5 \%\) level of significance.
    • Discuss briefly what the data suggest about primary source of news. You should make a comment for each age group.