A study regarding the relationship between age and the amount of pressure sales personnel feel in relation to their jobs reveale
d the following sample information. At the 0.1 significance level, is there a relationship between job pressure and age: Age(years)....................low.............medium................high
less than 25...................20.................18.....................22
25 up to 40....................50.................46.....................44
40 up to 60.....................58................63.....................59
60 and older...................34.................43.....................43
a. State the null and alternate hypotheses.
H0: _______________________
H1: _______________________
b. State the decision rule. __________
c. Compute the value of the test statistic. _______________
d. What is your decision regarding the null hypothesis? ____________________
a) H o : there is no relation between job pressure and age
H 1: there is a relation between job pressure and age
b) See file attached.
c) Test statistic: For the given categorical data, we apply the x² — test Test statistic is 2.19
d) The test statistic value x² = 2.19 < 16.81, we accept the null hypothesis. Therefore, we conclude that there is no relationship between job pressure and age.
