The data below represents the fields of specialization for a randomly selected sample of undergraduate students. We want to determine whether there is any dependency between the fields of specialization and the regions of the country.   Northeast Midwest South West Total Business 54 65 28 93 240 Engineering 15 24 8 33 80 Liberal Arts 65 84 33 98 280 Fine Arts 13 15 7 25 60 Health Sciences 3 12 4 21 40   150 200 80 270 700   a. State the null and alternative hypotheses to be tested. b. Compute the test statistic. c. The null hypothesis is to be tested at the .05 level of significance. Determine the critical value for this test. What do you conclude? d. Determine the p-value

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The data below represents the fields of specialization for a randomly selected sample of undergraduate students. We want to determine whether there is any dependency between the fields of specialization and the regions of the country.

 

Northeast

Midwest

South

West

Total

Business

54

65

28

93

240

Engineering

15

24

8

33

80

Liberal Arts

65

84

33

98

280

Fine Arts

13

15

7

25

60

Health Sciences

3

12

4

21

40

 

150

200

80

270

700

 

  • a. State the null and alternative hypotheses to be tested.
  • b. Compute the test statistic.
  • c. The null hypothesis is to be tested at the .05 level of significance. Determine the critical value for this test. What do you conclude?
  • d. Determine the p-value
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