View Policies Current Attempt in Progress The table below lists the number of crimes reported at a police station on each day of the week for the past 12 weeks. Day of the Week Number of Crimes Monday 21 Tuesday 12 Wednesday 13 Thursday 16 Friday 23 Saturday 29 Sunday 26 The null hypothesis for the goodness-of-fit test is that the number of crimes reported at this police station is the same for each day of the week. What is the value of the test statistic?
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The null hypothesis in this case is that the number of crimes reported at this police station is the same on each day of the week. To calculate the expected frequencies, we need to find the average number of crimes reported per day. We can do this by summing up Show more…
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