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The following shows the number of individuals in a sample of 300 who indicated t

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Question

The following shows the number of individuals in a sample of 300 who indicated they support the new tax proposal.

Political Party                           Support
Democrats                                   100
Republicans                                 120
Independents                                   80

We are interested in determining whether or not the opinions of the individuals of the three groups are uniformly distributed. The expected frequency for each group is

0.333

0.50

50

None of these alternatives is correct.

0.333

0.50

50

None of these alternatives is correct.

Explanation / Answer

The expected frequency for each group is 1 / 3 = 0.333

Since there are 3 groups and probability of each group is equal so the the expected probability is 1 / 3 i.e. 0.333