# Chi-Square Test

• November 18th 2009, 05:15 PM
statmajor
[SOLVED] Chi-Square Test
Two different teaching procedures were used in two different groups of students. Each group had 100 students of similiar ability. These are the results:

Group A B C D F
I 15 25 32 17 11
II 9 18 29 28 16

Data is independent from two respective multinomial distribution with k = 5. Test at the 5% level the hypothesis that the two teaching methods are equally effective.

So let X be the students in group 1, and Y students in group 2.

So the test statistic would be: $Q = \Sigma \frac{(X_i - np_i)^2}{np_i} - \frac{(Y_i - np_i)^2}{np_i}$.

Since it's a multinomial distribution, I know that the expectation is np_i, but how would I find p_i?
• November 19th 2009, 02:09 AM
mr fantastic
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Originally Posted by statmajor
Two different teaching procedures were used in two different groups of students. Each group had 100 students of similiar ability. These are the results:

Group A B C D F
I 15 25 32 17 11
II 9 18 29 28 16

Data is independent from two respective multinomial distribution with k = 5. Test at the 5% level the hypothesis that the two teaching methods are equally effective.

So let X be the students in group 1, and Y students in group 2.

So the test statistic would be: $Q = \Sigma \frac{(X_i - np_i)^2}{np_i} - \frac{(Y_i - np_i)^2}{np_i}$.

Since it's a multinomial distribution, I know that the expectation is np_i, but how would I find p_i?

Under the null hypothesis the maximum likelihood estimate of the expected value of cell frequency $n_{ij}$ for a contigency table is $\frac{r_i \cdot c_j}{n}$ where $r_i$ is the row total (for row i) and $c_j$ is the column total (for column j) and n is the total frequency.
• November 19th 2009, 07:47 AM
statmajor
Got it; thanks.