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Date May Specimen Marks available 2 Reference code SPM.1.sl.TZ0.8
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Question

Members of a certain club are required to register for one of three sports, badminton, volleyball or table tennis. The number of club members of each gender choosing each sport in a particular year is shown in the table below.

A χ2 (Chi-squared) test at the 5% significance level is used to determine whether the choice of sport is independent of gender.

Find the expected number of female volleyball players under this hypothesis.

[2]
a.

Write down the p-value for the test.

[2]
b.

State, with a reason, the conclusion of the test.

[2]
c.

Markscheme

50120×35120×120     OR     (50×35120)     (M1)

=14.6 (14.5833)     (A1)     (C2)

a.

0.0746     (A2)     (C2)

b.

Since p-value>5%, the choice of the sport is independent of gender.     (R1)(A1)(ft)     (C2)

 

Note: The (R1) is awarded for the explicit comparison, the (A1)(ft) is awarded for a consistent conclusion with their answer in part (c).
It is therefore possible that (R1)(A0) may be awarded, but (R0)(A1) can never be awarded.

c.

Examiners report

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Syllabus sections

Topic 4 - Statistical applications » 4.4 » The χ2 test for independence: formulation of null and alternative hypotheses; significance levels; contingency tables; expected frequencies; degrees of freedom; p-values.
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