Question: When in doubt, choose letter C! This theory has been taught to students when unsure of a multiple-choice answer on quizzes and tests. Of the
- "When in doubt, choose letter C!" This theory has been taught to students when unsure of a multiple-choice answer on quizzes and tests. Of the 4 quizzes proctored this semester, the total observed answer choice frequencies are provided in the following table.
| Answer Choice | ||||||
| A | B | C | D | E | ||
| Quiz | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | |
| Total | 7 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 10 |
Using a 0.05 significance level, you want to test the claim that the actual frequencies correspond to the same proportions for each answer choice A - E (i.e., 0.2). What is the value of the test statistic?
- 2.63
- 6.61
- 9.61
- 10.22
- Cannot be determined with the given information
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