The authors of a paper concerned about racial stereotypes in television counted the number of times...

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The authors of a paper concerned about racial stereotypes intelevision counted the number of times that characters of differentethnicities appeared in commercials aired on a certain city'stelevision stations, resulting in the data in the accompanyingtable.

EthnicityAfrican-
American
AsianCaucasianHispanic
Observed Frequency56123206

Based on the 2000 Census, the proportion of the U.S. populationfalling into each of these four ethnic groups are 0.177 forAfrican-American, 0.032 for Asian, 0.734 for Caucasian, and 0.057for Hispanic. Do the data provide sufficient evidence to concludethat the proportions appearing in commercials are not the same asthe census proportions? Test the relevant hypotheses using asignificance level of 0.01.

Let p1, p2,p3, and p4 be theproportions of appearances of the four ethnicities across allcommercials.

State the null and alternative hypotheses.

H0: p1 =p2 = p3 =p4 = 0.177
Ha: H0 is nottrue.

H0: p1 =p2 = p3 =p4 = 69.738
Ha: H0 is nottrue.    

H0: p1 = 0.177,p2 = 0.032, p3 = 0.734,p4 = 0.057
Ha: H0 is nottrue.

H0: p1 =p2 = p3 =p4 = 56
Ha: H0 is nottrue.

H0: p1 = 69.738,p2 = 12.608, p3 = 289.196,p4 = 22.458
Ha: H0 is nottrue.


Calculate the test statistic. (Round your answer to two decimalplaces.)
?2 =  

What is the P-value for the test? (Round your answer tofour decimal places.)
P-value =  

What can you conclude?

Do not reject H0. There is convincingevidence to conclude that the proportions of appearances incommercials are not the same as the census proportions.

Reject H0. There is not enough evidence toconclude that the proportions of appearances in commercials are notthe same as the censusproportions.     

Reject H0. There is convincing evidence toconclude that the proportions of appearances in commercials are notthe same as the census proportions.

Do not reject H0. There is not enoughevidence to conclude that the proportions of appearances incommercials are not the same as the census proportions.

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State the null and alternative hypothesesH0 p1 0177p2 0032 p3 0734p4 0057Ha H0 is nottrueTest StatisticO Observed FrequencyE Expected FrequencyEthnicityO    See Answer
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