A traffic safety company publishes reports about motorcycle fatalities and helmet use. In the first accompanying...

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A traffic safety company publishes reports about motorcyclefatalities and helmet use. In the first accompanying data​ table,the distribution shows the proportion of fatalities by location ofinjury for motorcycle accidents. The second data table shows thelocation of injury and fatalities for 2068 riders not wearing ahelmet.

Location of Injury   Probability  Frequency
Multiple Locations   0.570   1027
Head   0.310   869
Neck   0.030   40
Thorax   0.060   83
Abdomen/Lumbar/Spine   0.030   49

​(a) Does the distribution of fatal injuriesfor riders not wearing a helmet follow the distribution for all​riders? Use

alphaαequals=0.050.05

level of significance. What are the null and alternative​hypotheses?

A.

H0​: The distribution of fatal injuries for riders not wearing ahelmet does not follow the same distribution for all otherriders.

H1​: The distribution of fatal injuries for riders not wearing ahelmet does follow the same distribution for all other riders.

B.

H0​: The distribution of fatal injuries for riders notwearing a helmet follows the same distribution for all otherriders.

H1​: The distribution of fatal injuriesfor riders not wearing a helmet does not follow the samedistribution for all other riders. Your answer iscorrect.

C.

None of these.

Compute the expected counts for each fatal injury.

Location of injury

Observed Count

Expected Count

Multiple Locations

1027

__?__

Head

869

__?__

Neck

40

__?__

Thorax

83

__?__

​Abdomen/Lumbar/Spine

49

__?__

​(Round to two decimal places as​ needed.)

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aThe null and alternative hypothesis isBH0 The distribution of fatal injuries for riders notwearing a helmet follows the same distribution for all otherridersH1 The distribution of fatal    See Answer
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