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The safety director of large steel mill took samples at random from company records of minor work-related accidents and classified them according to the time the accident took place.
Time Number of Accidents Time Number of Accidents
8 up to 9 a.m. 4 1 up to 2 p.m. 11
9 up to 10 a.m. 9 2 up to 3 p.m. 12
10 up to 11 a.m. 12 3 up to 4 p.m. 7
11 up to 12 p.m. 8 4 up to 5 p.m. 10
Using the goodness-of-fit test and the 0.10 level of significance, determine whether the accidents are evenly distributed throughout the day.
H0: The accidents are evenly distributed throughout the day.
H1: The accidents are not evenly distributed throughout the day.
a. State the decision rule, using the 0.10 significance level
Reject H0 if chi-square >_____
b. Compute the value of chi-square
Chi-square value_____