Employee Absences A store manager wishes to see if the number of absences of her employees is the same for each weekday. She selected a random week and finds the following number of absences. At α=0.10, is there a difference in the number of absences for each day of the week? Use the critical-value method with tables. Day Absences Mon 13 Tues 9 Weds 15 Thurs 20 Fri 23   H0: Employee absences are equally distributed over the 5 day work

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Employee Absences A store manager wishes to see if the number of absences of her employees is the same for each weekday. She selected a random week and finds the following number of absences. At α=0.10, is there a difference in the number of absences for each day of the week? Use the critical-value method with tables.

Day Absences
Mon
13
Tues
9
Weds
15
Thurs
20
Fri
23

 

  1. H0: Employee absences are equally distributed over the 5 day work week: Claim or not?
    H1: Employee absences are not equally distributed over the 5 day work week: Claim or not?

  2. Find the critical value

  3. Compute the test value: X^2=

  4. Reject or Do not reject the null hypothesis

  5. Summarize:
    Is there or is there not enough evidence to reject the claim?
    Is there or is there not enough evidence to support the claim?
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