Last rating period, the percentages of viewers watching several channels between 11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. in a major TV market were as follows:   WDUX (News) WWTY (News) WACO (Cheers Reruns) WTJW (News) Others 15% 19% 22% 16% 28%     Suppose that in the current rating period, a survey of 2,000 viewers gives the following frequencies:   WDUX (News) WWTY (News) WACO (Cheers Reruns) WTJW (News) Others 182 536 354 151 777          Click here for the Excel Data File     (a) Show that it is appropriate to carry out a chi-square test using these data.           (b) Determine whether the viewing shares in the current rating period differ from those in the last rating period at the .10 level of significance. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

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Last rating period, the percentages of viewers watching several channels between 11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. in a major TV market were as follows:

 

WDUX
(News)
WWTY
(News)
WACO
(Cheers Reruns)
WTJW
(News)
Others
15% 19% 22% 16% 28%
 

 

Suppose that in the current rating period, a survey of 2,000 viewers gives the following frequencies:

 

WDUX
(News)
WWTY
(News)
WACO
(Cheers Reruns)
WTJW
(News)
Others
182 536 354 151 777
 

 

 

 

 Click here for the Excel Data File

 

 

(a) Show that it is appropriate to carry out a chi-square test using these data.

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Determine whether the viewing shares in the current rating period differ from those in the last rating period at the .10 level of significance. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

 

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