Vending machines on a college campus offer a variety of drinks. The purchasing agent believes that each type of snack is equally preferred by students and consequently orders
Equal quantities. The number of snacks sold from vending machines on this campus for
The last six months is shown in the following table. The P-value of the calculated Chi-
Square statistic is 0.0458. At α = 0.05, we should $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | }
\hline \text { Snack Type } & \text { Chips } & \text { Candy Bars } & \text { Crackers } & \text { Nuts } \
\hline \text { Purchase Frequency } & 159 & 198 & 174 & 149 \
\hline
\end{array}$$
A) reject the null hypothesis.
B) not reject the null hypothesis.
C) conclude that the purchasing agent was not correct.
D) Both A and C.
E) Both B and C.

Question

Vending machines on a college campus offer a variety of drinks. The purchasing agent believes that each type of snack is equally preferred by students and consequently orders
Equal quantities. The number of snacks sold from vending machines on this campus for
The last six months is shown in the following table. The P-value of the calculated Chi-
Square statistic is 0.0458. At α = 0.05, we should $$\begin{array} { | c | c | c | c | c | } 
\hline \text { Snack Type } & \text { Chips } & \text { Candy Bars } & \text { Crackers } & \text { Nuts } \
\hline \text { Purchase Frequency } & 159 & 198 & 174 & 149 \
\hline
\end{array}$$
A) reject the null hypothesis.
B) not reject the null hypothesis.
C) conclude that the purchasing agent was not correct.
D) Both A and C.
E) Both B and C.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Since the P-value (0.0458) is less than the significance level (α = 0.05), we reject the null hypothesis, which suggests that not all snack types are equally preferred. This leads to the conclusion that the purchasing agent's belief was incorrect.

Vending Machines on a College Campus Offer a Variety of Drinks