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Distribution of Living Arragements for College Men and College Women

Avg difficulty 2.5

Do men and women college students have the same distribution of living arrangements? Use a level of significance of 0.05. Suppose that 250 randomly selected men college students and 300 randomly selected women college students were asked about their living arrangements: dormitory, apartment, with parents, other. The results are shown in the table. Do male and female college students have the same distribution of living arrangements?

Dormitory Apartment With Parents Other
Men 72 84 49 45
Women 91 86 88 35

OpenStax Introductory Statistics 2e, 11.4 Test for Homogeneity, exercise 1

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