A research organization keeps track of what citizens think is the most important problem facing the country today. They randomly
sampled a number of people in 2003 and again in 2009 using a different random sample of people in 2009 than in 2003 and asked them to choose the most important problem facing the country today from the following choices, war, economy, health care, or other. Which of the following is the correct test to use to determine if the distribution of "problem facing this countrytoday" is different between the two different years? A.
From the information given, the population is divided into sub groups. Each group would consist of citizens picking a particular choice as the most important problem facing the country. The choices are the different categories. In this case, the null hypothesis would state that the distribution of proportions for all categories is the same in each population. The alternative hypothesis would state that the distributions is different. Therefore, the correct test to use to determine if the distribution of "problem facing this country today" is different between the two different years is
