The following table summarizes the results of a study on people being denied a mortgage application by one of the main banking chains in the Twin Cities. The data represents the number of people in one of four racial/ethnic categories who had applied for a first mortgage on a home purchase during the period from July 1998 to July 1999.
Source: Minneapolis Star and Tribune.
Race/Ethnicity Application Approved Application Denied
Caucasian 2766 392
African-American 344 83
Latinx 367 89
Asian/Pacific Islander 439 72
a. Write a sentence for the null hypothesis and also for the alternative hypothesis to test whether the status of being approved or denied is independent of the person's ethnicity.
H0: The status of being approved or denied is independent of the person's ethnicity.
H1: The status of being approved or denied is dependent on the person's ethnicity.
b. Enter the table into a matrix on your calculator (see reference page or: 2nd x-1 is Matrix, choose Edit and enter the number of rows, then number of columns, then each entry in the table). Then choose χ2-Test from the STAT Tests menu.
What is the value of the χ2 statistics? χ2 = _______________________
What is the value of the p-value? p-value = ___________________
c. Write a conclusion about the results of the test using both statistical language and language that a non-statistics person would understand.