AP Statistics · Topic 8.7
Skills Focus: Selecting an Appropriate Inference Procedure for Categorical Data Practice
Part of Inference for Categorical Data: Chi-Square.
Practice questions
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Sample questions
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Sample 1difficulty 4/5
Comparing the distribution of one categorical variable in three independent groups uses
- Acheck_circle
Homogeneity
- B
Independence
- C
Two-proportion z
- D
GoF
Why
Multiple groups, one variable → homogeneity.
- A
Sample 2difficulty 4/5
Comparing the gender distribution across multiple schools (each surveyed independently) calls for
- A
Two-sample t
- B
Test of independence
- C
GoF test
- Dcheck_circle
Test of homogeneity
Why
Multiple populations, one categorical variable → homogeneity.
- A
Sample 3difficulty 4/5
Using χ² with proportions instead of counts is
- A
Acceptable
- B
Better
- C
Same as t test
- Dcheck_circle
Incorrect; χ² requires raw counts
Why
Proportions hide the sample-size information needed by χ².
- A