Perform the indicated goodnessoffit test You roll a die 48 t
Perform the indicated goodness-of-fit test.
You roll a die 48 times with the following results.
Use a significance level of 0.05 to test the claim that the die is fair.
| Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 3 |
Solution
Doing an observed/expected value table,
O E (O - E)^2/E
2 8 4.5
4 8 2
12 8 2
13 8 3.125
14 8 4.5
3 8 3.125
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Using chi^2 = Sum[(O - E)^2/E],
chi^2 = 19.25
As df = a - 1,
a = 6
df = a - 1 = 5
Then, the critical chi^2 value is
significance level = 0.05
chi^2(crit) = 11.07049769
Also, the p value is
p = 0.001726529
Thus, comparing chi^2 and chi^2(crit) [or, p and significance level], we REJECT THE NULL HYPOTHESIS.
There is significant evidence at 0.05 level that the die is not fair.
