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Distribution of Living Arragements for College Males and College Females

Avg difficulty 2.5

Do male and female college students have the same distribution of living arrangements? Use a level of significance of 0.05. Suppose that 250 randomly selected male college students and 300 randomly selected female 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
Males 72 84 49 45
Females 91 86 88 35

OpenStax Statistics, 11.4 Test for Homogeneity, exercise 1

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