A very large pediatrics office is open for business Monday through Friday. Manag
ID: 2907096 • Letter: A
Question
A very large pediatrics office is open for business Monday through Friday.
Management wants to know if antibiotics are prescribed uniformly over the workweek (Monday through Friday).
A random sample of 200 antibiotic prescriptions written over the past 12 months is taken
The null hypothesis for the chi-square goodness-of-fit test is
H0: the distribution is not uniform.
H0: the distribution is uniform.
H0: the distribution is uniform:
pmon = ptue = pwed = pthu = pfri = 1/5.
H0: the distribution is uniform:
pmon = ptue = pwed = pthu = pfri = 1/7.
A.H0: the distribution is not uniform.
B.H0: the distribution is uniform.
C.H0: the distribution is uniform:
pmon = ptue = pwed = pthu = pfri = 1/5.
D.H0: the distribution is uniform:
pmon = ptue = pwed = pthu = pfri = 1/7.
Explanation / Answer
The null hypothesis will be:
H0: the distribution is uniform:
pmon = ptue = pwed = pthu = pfri = 1/5
Option C is correct.