6.50 How's it going?: The American National Election Studies (ANES) collects data on voter attitudes and intentions as well as demographic information. In this question we will focus on two variables from the ANES dataset (ANES, 2012).region (levels: Northeast, North Central, South, and West)whether the respondent feels things in this country are generally going in the right direction or things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong trackTo keep calculations simple we will work with a random sample of 500 respondents from the ANES dataset. The distribution of responses are as folows: Right DirectionWrong TrackTotalNortheast295483North Central4477121South62131193West3667103Total171329500There are TWO parts to this question. One is a Chi-Squared GOF and one is a Chi-Squared Test for Independence. Think about the differences between the two tests to determine which one to use on which part.a) Region: According to the 2010 Census, 18% of US residents live in the Northeast, 22% live in the North Central region, 37% live in the South, and 23% live in the West. Is this sample representative of the population distribution of US residents?The hypotheses to test whether the sample is representative of the population distribution of US residents are:Ho: The sample distribution of regions is uniformHa: The sample distribution of regions is not uniformHo: The sample distribution of regions follows the Census distributionHa: The sample distribution of regions does not follow the Census distributionHo: Χ2 = 0Ha: Χ2 ≠ 0Ho: μ = 0Ha: μ ≠ 0The expected values for each region are:Northeast: North Central: South: West: The test statistic for this hypothesis test is Χ2= The numnber of degrees of freedom associated with this test is: The p-value associated with this hypothesis test is:between .05 and .1less than .01between .01 and .05greater than .1The result of this hypothesis test is:Since the p-value is small, we fail to reject HoSince the p-value is large, we fail to reject HoSince the p-value is large, we reject Ho and accept the alternativeSince the p-value is small, we reject Ho and accept the alternativeThis means that:The sample distribution and Census distribution are differentThe data do not provide convincing evidence that the sample distribution differs from the Census distributionThe data provide significant evidence to suggest that the sample distribution and Census distribution are differentThe sample distribution and Census distribution are the sameb) Region and direction:What are the hypotheses for evaluating whether or not a relationship between region and opinion on direction exists?Ho: μ = 0Ha: μ ≠ 0Ho: Region and direction are associatedHa: Region and direction are independentHo: Χ2 = 0Ha: Χ2 ≠ 0Ho: Region and direction are independentHa: Region and direction are associatedThe test statistic for this hypothesis test is: Χ2 = The number of degrees of freedom associated with this test is: The p-value associated with this hypothesis test is:between .01 and .05less than .01greater than .1between .05 and .1The result of his hypothesis test is:Since the p-value is large, we reject Ho and accept the alternativeSince the p-value is small, we reject Ho and accept the alternativeSince the p-value is small, we fail to reject HoSince the p-value is large, we fail to reject HoThis means that:The data do not provide convincing evidence that region and opinion on direction are associatedRegion and opionion on direction are associatedRegion and opinion on direction are independentThe data provide significant evidence to suggest that region and opinion on direction are associatedSubmit All PartsQuestion 5

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6.50 How's it going?:  The American National Election Studies (ANES) collects data on voter attitudes and intentions as well as demographic information. In this question we will focus on two variables from the ANES dataset (ANES, 2012).region (levels: Northeast, North Central, South, and West)whether the respondent feels things in this country are generally going in the right direction or things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong trackTo keep calculations simple we will work with a random sample of 500 respondents from the ANES dataset. The distribution of responses are as folows: Right DirectionWrong TrackTotalNortheast295483North Central4477121South62131193West3667103Total171329500There are TWO parts to this question. One is a Chi-Squared GOF and one is a Chi-Squared Test for Independence. Think about the differences between the two tests to determine which one to use on which part.a) Region: According to the 2010 Census, 18% of US residents live in the Northeast, 22% live in the North Central region, 37% live in the South, and 23% live in the West. Is this sample representative of the population distribution of US residents?The hypotheses to test whether the sample is representative of the population distribution of US residents are:Ho: The sample distribution of regions is uniformHa: The sample distribution of regions is not uniformHo: The sample distribution of regions follows the Census distributionHa: The sample distribution of regions does not follow the Census distributionHo: Χ2 = 0Ha: Χ2 ≠ 0Ho: μ = 0Ha: μ ≠ 0The expected values for each region are:Northeast: North Central: South: West: The test statistic for this hypothesis test is Χ2= The numnber of degrees of freedom associated with this test is: The p-value associated with this hypothesis test is:between .05 and .1less than .01between .01 and .05greater than .1The result of this hypothesis test is:Since the p-value is small, we fail to reject HoSince the p-value is large, we fail to reject HoSince the p-value is large, we reject Ho and accept the alternativeSince the p-value is small, we reject Ho and accept the alternativeThis means that:The sample distribution and Census distribution are differentThe data do not provide convincing evidence that the sample distribution differs from the Census distributionThe data provide significant evidence to suggest that the sample distribution and Census distribution are differentThe sample distribution and Census distribution are the sameb) Region and direction:What are the hypotheses for evaluating whether or not a relationship between region and opinion on direction exists?Ho: μ = 0Ha: μ ≠ 0Ho: Region and direction are associatedHa: Region and direction are independentHo: Χ2 = 0Ha: Χ2 ≠ 0Ho: Region and direction are independentHa: Region and direction are associatedThe test statistic for this hypothesis test is: Χ2 = The number of degrees of freedom associated with this test is: The p-value associated with this hypothesis test is:between .01 and .05less than .01greater than .1between .05 and .1The result of his hypothesis test is:Since the p-value is large, we reject Ho and accept the alternativeSince the p-value is small, we reject Ho and accept the alternativeSince the p-value is small, we fail to reject HoSince the p-value is large, we fail to reject HoThis means that:The data do not provide convincing evidence that region and opinion on direction are associatedRegion and opionion on direction are associatedRegion and opinion on direction are independentThe data provide significant evidence to suggest that region and opinion on direction are associatedSubmit All PartsQuestion 5

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1. The hypotheses to test whether the sample is representative of the population…

	Right Direction	Wrong Track	Total
Northeast	29	54	83
North Central	44	77	121
South	62	131	193
West	36	67	103
Total	171	329	500