A television station wishes to study the relationship between viewership of its 11 p.m. news program and viewer age (18 years or less, 19 to 35, 36 to 54, 55 or older). A sample of 250 television viewers in each age group is randomly selected, and the number who watch the station’s 11 p.m. news is found for each sample. The results are given in the table below.       Age Group     Watch 11 p.m. News? 18 or less 19 to 35 36 to 54 55 or Older Total Yes 49 59 61 84 253 No 201 191 189 166 747 Total 250 250 250 250 1,000     (a) Let p1, p2, p3, and p4 be the proportions of all viewers in each age group who watch the station’s 11 p.m. news. If these proportions are equal, then whether a viewer watches the station’s 11 p.m. news is independent of the viewer’s age group. Therefore, we can test the null hypothesis H0 that p1, p2, p3, and p4 are equal by carrying out a chi-square test for independence. Perform this test by setting α = .05. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)                   (b) Compute a 95 percent confidence interval for the difference between p1 and p4. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.)

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A television station wishes to study the relationship between viewership of its 11 p.m. news program and viewer age (18 years or less, 19 to 35, 36 to 54, 55 or older). A sample of 250 television viewers in each age group is randomly selected, and the number who watch the station’s 11 p.m. news is found for each sample. The results are given in the table below.
 

    Age Group    
Watch
11 p.m. News?
18 or less 19 to 35 36 to 54 55 or Older Total
Yes 49 59 61 84 253
No 201 191 189 166 747
Total 250 250 250 250 1,000
 

 

(a) Let p1, p2, p3, and p4 be the proportions of all viewers in each age group who watch the station’s 11 p.m. news. If these proportions are equal, then whether a viewer watches the station’s 11 p.m. news is independent of the viewer’s age group. Therefore, we can test the null hypothesis H0 that p1, p2, p3, and p4 are equal by carrying out a chi-square test for independence. Perform this test by setting α = .05. (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) Compute a 95 percent confidence interval for the difference between p1 and p4. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places. Negative amounts should be indicated by a minus sign.)

 

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