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Question 15 A traffic safety company publishes reports about motorcycle fataliti

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Question 15

A traffic safety company publishes reports about motorcycle fatalities and helmet use. The distribution shows the proportion of fatalities by location of injury for motorcycles accidents. The accompanying data tables show the location of injury and fatalities for 2046 riders not wearing a helmet. Complete parts (a) and (b)

FULL DATA SET:

Proportion of fatalities by location of injury for motorcycle accidents

Location of injury, Multiple Locations, Head, Neck, Throrax, Abdomen/Limbar/spine

     Proportion                 0.57               0.31    0.03    0.06                0.03

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Location of injury and fatalities for 2046 riders not wearing a helmet

Location of injury, Mutiple locations, Head, Neck, Throax, Abdomen/Limbar/Spine

      Number                    1036            864      38         83                  25

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(a) Does the distribution of fatal injuries for riders not wearing a helmet follow the distribution for all riders? Use the level of significance a = 0.01

Yes or no

(b) Compare observed and expected counts for each category. What does this information tell you?

a. Wearing a helmet does not increase anybody

Explanation / Answer

FULL DATA SET:

Proportion of fatalities by location of injury for motorcycle accidents

Location of injury, Multiple Locations, Head, Neck, Throrax, Abdomen/Limbar/spine

     Proportion                 0.57               0.31    0.03    0.06                0.03

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Location of injury and fatalities for 2046 riders not wearing a helmet

Location of injury, Mutiple locations, Head, Neck, Throax, Abdomen/Limbar/Spine

      Number                    1036            864      38         83                  25

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Goodness of Fit Test

observed

expected

O - E

(O - E)

Goodness of Fit Test

observed

expected

O - E

(O - E)