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Can Prople Delay Death?

A new study indicates that elderly people are able to postpone death for a short time to reach an important occasion. The researchers' studied deaths from natural causes among $1200$ eklerly people of Chinese descent in California during six month before and after the Harbor Moon Festival. Thiriy$-$three dealis occurred in the week before the Chature feettvat, compared with an estimated $50\mathrm{.}82$ death expected in that period, in the week following the festival, $70$ deaths occurred, compared with an estimated $52.$ "The numbers are so significant that it would be unilikely to occur by chance," said one of the researchers.

$$illips$,$ D$.$ and Smith, D$.$ "Postypnement of Death Until Symbolically Meaningful Occasions", Journaf of the American Medical Association, $1990$; $263(14)1947-1951.$

$($a$)$ Given the information in the problem, is the $x^2$ statistic likely to tee relatively large or relatively small?

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