the chi squared test

Question 1

null hypothesis

Answer 1

no significant difference between the observed and expected results

Question 2

finding out if there is a significant difference

Answer 2

compare x2 value to critical value (value that corresponds to a 0.05 level of probability)

Question 3

larger than or equal to critical value

Answer 3

significant difference

x > 10 ( x larger than 10) bigger number gets eaten

Question 4

smaller than the critical value

Answer 4

no significant difference

Question 5

using a x2 table

Answer 5

only need to look at 0.05 P column

degrees of freedom = number of classes (what youre looking at) - 1