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20. There are four entrances to the Government Center Building in downtown Philadelphia. The building maintenance supervisor would like to know if the entrances are equally utilized. To investigate, 400 people were observed entering the building. The number using each entrance is reported below. At the .01 significance level, is there a difference in the use four entrances?
Entrance|Frequency
Main Street | 140
Broad Street |120
Cherry Street| 90
Walnut Street|50
Total| 400

Submitted: 88 days and 18 hours ago.
Category: Math
Value: $15
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Hi there,

 

 

H0: no difference between the entrances

Ha: difference between the entrances

 

Using a table (http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/eda/section3/eda3674.htm), the critical value is (df = N-1 = 3, alpha = 0.01):

11.345

So we reject the null for values greater than that.

 

The expected value for each entrance is 100, so get chi squared:

(140-100)^2/100 + (120-100)^2/100 + (90-100)^2/100 + (50-100)^2/100

= 46

 

The chi squared value is much higher than the critical value, so we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is a difference between the entrances.

 

Let me know if you have any questions, and please don't forget to accept all these answers.

-Scott

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