AQA S2 — Question 2

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ModuleS2 (Statistics 2)
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TopicChi-squared distribution

2 Year 12 students at Newstatus School choose to participate in one of four sports during the Spring term. The students' choices are summarised in the table.
SquashBadmintonArcheryHockeyTotal
Male516301970
Female4203353110
Total9366372180
  1. Use a \(\chi ^ { 2 }\) test, at the \(5 \%\) level of significance, to determine whether the choice of sport is independent of gender.
  2. Interpret your result in part (a) as it relates to students choosing hockey.

2 Year 12 students at Newstatus School choose to participate in one of four sports during the Spring term.

The students' choices are summarised in the table.

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 & Squash & Badminton & Archery & Hockey & Total \\
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Male & 5 & 16 & 30 & 19 & 70 \\
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Female & 4 & 20 & 33 & 53 & 110 \\
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Total & 9 & 36 & 63 & 72 & 180 \\
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(a) Use a $\chi ^ { 2 }$ test, at the $5 \%$ level of significance, to determine whether the choice of sport is independent of gender.\\
(b) Interpret your result in part (a) as it relates to students choosing hockey.

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