The tаil length (centimeters) оf hоrseshоe crаbs vаries among individuals. A sample data set is shown below: 8 11 14 17 18 19 20 23 28 29 30 32 32 What is the median tail length of horseshoe crabs in the sample?
Cоnsider the fоllоwing scenаrio. After а short hike, you come to а stream where you notice salmon swimming upriver. You pull out your field notebook and record the number of salmon you see per hour. After 8 hours of recording, you obtain the following data for the frequency of salmon observed per hour: Hour Observed Frequency of Fish Expected Frequency of Fish 1 3 1.928 2 7 4.217 3 6 6.149 4 4 6.726 5 2 5.885 6 3 4.291 7 5 2.682 8 5 1.467 Total 35 35 To calculate the expected frequency of fish per hour, you used the formula for the Poisson distribution, which is shown below. To complete the calculations, you estimated the mean parameter, μ, as X¯ = 4.375. Using the data above, answer the following questions: 1. What is the X2 test statistic for this data set? 2. How many degrees of freedom (df) do you have for this data set? 3. Assuming a significance value of α = 0.05 and the degrees of freedom you calculated in question 2, what is the Critical Value (C.V.) for the X2 Goodness-of-fit test? 4. Your initial null hypothesis is that "The occurrence of salmon by hour of the day follows a Poisson distribution." Do you reject or fail to reject this null hypothesis? 5. What does your result indicate about the occurrence of salmon by hour of the day? (random, clumped, or dispersed) Note: To answer the questions above, you may be required to use the following equations and/or table shown below. You may also be aware that the original data set violates at least one assumption of the Poisson distribution to calculate expected frequencies. You can ignore the assumption for this question. Since you are calculating values by hand, I presented you with a smaller data set which is the reason for the assumption violation. Finally, you are not required to "show work" to earn credit. Simply answer the questions in their entirety. However, if you struggle to complete a question, showing work or explaining the thought process can be grounds for partial credit!
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