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Dr. Anderson is a mammalogist who studies deer mice. He istrying to improve his success in trapping female deer mice. Heconducts a study where he uses peanut butter vs. nutella as bait inhis traps. The data he collects is shown in the table below. He isgoing to use a Chi-Squared test to analyze his results.

Dr. Anderson is a mammalogist who studies deer mice. He istrying to improve his success in trapping female deer mice. Heconducts a study where he uses peanut butter vs. nutella as bait inhis traps. The data he collects is shown in the table below. He isgoing to use a Chi-Squared test to analyze his results.

Trap with Peanut Butter

Trap with Nutella

Total

Females

46

71

117

Males

37

83

120

Total

83

154

237

(a)  Females preferspeanut butter bait over nutella or vice versa wouldbe the   (null or alternate) hypothesis

(b) The expected frequency for females thatprefer peanut butter is  (report to 4decimal places)

(c)   The expected frequency forfemales that prefer nutellais  (report to 4 decimal places)

(d) The expected frequency for malesthat prefer peanut butteris  (report to4 decimal places)

(e) The expected frequency formales that prefer nutellais  (report to 4 decimal places)

(f) degrees of freedom =

(g) The calculated chi-square value =  (reportto 4 decimal places)

(i) The critical chi-square value at alpha =0.05 =

(j) Would you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis?

(k) Would females prefer one type of bait than theother?  (yes or no)

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using exceladdinphstatmuliple sample test chi square we have ChiSquare Test Observed Frequencies Trap with Calculations Gender Peanut Butter Nuella Total fofe Females 46 71 117 5025316 502532 Males 37 83 120 502532 5025316 Total 83 154 237    See Answer
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