The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 25 - Two Categorical Variables: The Chi-Square Test - Check Your Skills - Page 601: 25.21

Answer

(a)

Work Step by Step

We can get the number of accidental injuries by summing the numbers of the first column: $295+655+239+363=1552$. The percentage is the count divided by the sum, thus: 14-18 year olds: $\frac{655}{1552}\approx0.422=42.2\%$ 23-30 year olds: $\frac{363}{1552}\approx0.234=23.4\%$. The percentage of 14-18 year olds is higher than the percentage of 23-30 year olds, thus the answer is (a).
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