In a recent survey, a random sample of people was asked how to deal with a sluggish economy. They were also asked for their political affiliation. Their selected options and affiliations are summarized in the table below. Does political affiliation affect a person's choice for economic option at a .95 confidence level?
|
Democrat |
Republican |
Independent |
|
|
Cut Spending |
101 |
282 |
61 |
|
Raise Taxes |
38 |
67 |
25 |
|
Allow Inflation |
131 |
88 |
31 |
|
Increase Deficit |
61 |
90 |
25 |
A manufacturing manager wanted to determine whether there was a relationship between the quality of shirts produced in her plant and the shift on which they were produced. Is there a relation at the .95 confidence level?
|
Shift 1 |
Shift 2 |
Shift 3 |
|
|
Perfect Shirt |
240 |
191 |
139 |
|
Irregular Shirt |
25 |
26 |
34 |
|
Reject Shirt |
10 |
9 |
11 |
To determine if commercials viewed during "happy" programs were more effective than those viewed during "sad" programs, a group of people were shown commercials associated with a segment of the program "Real People" or with a particularly "sad" segment of "Sixty Minutes". They were asked if they were thinking mostly about the commercial, mostly about the program, or equally about both. . Is there a difference at the .95 confidence level?
|
Mostly About The Commercial |
Mostly About The Program |
Equally About Both |
|
|
Real People |
50 |
15 |
8 |
|
Sixty Minutes |
11 |
42 |
25 |
A knowledgeable reader of the foreign currency futures quotations in the Wall Street journal can determine the direction of change in exchange rates for various currencies predicted by investors as a collective whole. Some predictions, compared with the actual subsequent changes are summarized below. Is there a relationship at the .10 level of confidence?
|
Actual Change Positive |
Actual Change Negative |
|
|
Predicted Change Positive |
65 |
64 |
|
Predicted Change Negative |
39 |
48 |