Question
A newspaper publisher, trying to pinpoint his market’s characteristics wondered whether newspaper readership in the community is related to readers’ educational achievement. A survey questioned adults in the area on their level of education and their frequency of readership. The results are shown in the following table:
| Frequency of Readership | Level of Educational Achievement | |||
| Professional or postgraduates | College graduates | High school grad | Did not complete high school | |
| Never | 10 | 17 | 11 | 21 |
| Sometimes | 12 | 23 | 8 | 5 |
| Morning or evening | 35 | 38 | 16 | 7 |
| Both editions | 28 | 19 | 6 | 13 |
Do these data provide the sufficient evidence that frequency of newspaper readership in the community differ according to the reader’s level of education?
(i) Calculate expected frequencies for this problem
(ii) State null and alternative hypotheses.
(iii)Calculate the value if the test statistic.
Answer :
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Given,
| Frequency of Readership | Level of Educational Achievement | Total | |||
| Professional or postgraduates | College graduates | High school grad | Did not complete high school | ||
| Never | 10 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 59 |
| Sometimes | 12 | 23 | 8 | _______ ___ __________ _________ ________ ____ _____ ______ _______.||