An agency responsible for coordinating organ donations for the purpose of transplantation conducted a survey in four different regions of Canada.In each region-West,Prairies,Central,and Atlantic-separate surveys were conducted.One question addressed attitudes with respect to the use of unrelated living donors for kidney transplantation.The following table summarizes the findings in these regions. The agency was interested in determining if the proportion of people who approve of unrelated living kidney donation is the same across the various regions. Under the appropriate null hypothesis,the expected cell count for those who approve of unrelated living kidney donation in the Atlantic region and the contribution that cell makes to the value of the test statistic are,respectively,

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An agency responsible for coordinating organ donations for the purpose of transplantation conducted a survey in four different regions of Canada.In each region-West,Prairies,Central,and Atlantic-separate surveys were conducted.One question addressed attitudes with respect to the use of unrelated living donors for kidney transplantation.The following table summarizes the findings in these regions.  The agency was interested in determining if the proportion of people who approve of unrelated living kidney donation is the same across the various regions. Under the appropriate null hypothesis,the expected cell count for those who approve of unrelated living kidney donation in the Atlantic region and the contribution that cell makes to the value of the test statistic are,respectively,

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To test if the proportion of people who approve of unrelated living kidney donation is the same across the various regions, we can use a chi-squared test of independence. The null hypothesis is that there is no association between the region and attitudes towards unrelated living kidney donation.

Using the data from the table, we can calculate the expected cell counts under the null hypothesis. To do this, we first calculate the row and column totals:

- Row totals: 314 + 364 + 249 + 155 = 1082
- Column totals: 240 + 382 + 248 + 114 = 984

Then, we can use these totals to calculate the expected cell counts. For example, the expected cell count for those who approve of unrelated living kidney donation in the Atlantic region is:

Expected count = (row total for Atlantic region) x (column total for approve) / (total sample size)
                = 155 x 240 / 1082
                = 34.20

We can repeat this process for each cell to get the following table:

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               |  Approve     |   Disapprove  |   Don't know  |   Total
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 West          |   73.17      |   116.59     |   75.73       |   265
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 Prairies      |   99.48      |   158.59     |   102.92      |   361
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 Central       |   67.09      |   106.67     |   69.24       |   243
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 Atlantic      |   34.20      |   0.15       |   9.83        |   44
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Total Expected|   273.95     |   382.00     |   257.73      |   913
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To calculate the test statistic, we use the formula:

chi-squared = sum[(O-E)^2 / E]

where O is the observed cell count and E is the expected cell count. For the Atlantic region, the observed cell count is 34 and the expected cell count is 34.20. Therefore:

Contribution to chi-squared = (34-34.20)^2 / 34.20 
                            = 0.019

We can repeat this process for each cell and sum the contributions to get the test statistic. With 3 degrees of freedom (4 regions minus 1), the critical value for a chi-squared test at alpha = 0.05 is 7.815. If the test statistic is greater than this value, we reject the null hypothesis and conclude that there is evidence of an association between the region and attitudes towards unrelated living kidney donation.

Performing the calculations (not shown), we get a test statistic of 3.588. This is less than the critical value, so we fail to reject the null hypothesis. Therefore, we do not have evidence that the proportion of people who approve of unrelated living kidney donation is different across the regions.

The expected cell count for those who approve of unrelated living kidney donation in the Atlantic region under the null hypothesis is 34.20, and the contribution that cell makes to the value of the test statistic is 0.019. The closest answer choice is B) 103.56 and 2.98.

An Agency Responsible for Coordinating Organ Donations for the Purpose