Fundamentals of Statistics (5th Edition)
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Author: Michael Sullivan III
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12.1, Problem 9AYU
In Problems 7–10, determine (a) the χ2 test statistic, (b) the degrees of freedom, (c) the critical value using α = 0.05, and (d) test the hypothesis at the α = 0.05 level of significance.
9. H0 : The random variable X is binomial with n = 4, p = 0.8
H1 : The random variable X is not binomial with n = 4, p = 0.8
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