The marital status distribution of the U.S. male population, age15 and older, is as shown below.
Marital Status | Percent |
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nevermarried | 31.3 |
married | 56.1 |
widowed | 2.5 |
divorced/separated | 10.1 |
Suppose that a random sample of 400 U.S. young adult males, 18to 24 years old, yielded the following frequency distribution. Weare interested in whether this age group of males fits thedistribution of the U.S. adult population at the 5% level.Calculate the frequency one would expect when surveying 400 people.Fill in the table below, rounding to two decimal places.
Marital Status | Frequency | ExpectedFrequency |
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nevermarried | 138 | |
married | 239 | |
widowed | 3 | |
divorced/separated | 20 | |
A. What are the degrees of freedom? (Enter an exact number as aninteger, fraction, or decimal.)
B. State the distribution to use for the test.
C. What is the test statistic? (Round your answer to two decimalplaces.)
D. What is the p-value? (Round your answer to four decimalplaces.)
E. Alpha (Enter an exact number as an integer, fraction, ordecimal.)
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