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Progress Check

Use this activity to assess whether you and your peers can:

• Use summarized data to conduct a chi-square test of independence and interpret the conclusion in context.

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Directions

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Three steps to complete the assignment

Step 1: Review the Rubric

• Before you submit your work, review the rubric at the bottom of this assignment.
• Use the rubric as a checklist to determine whether you are ready to submit your work.

Step 2: First Draft

• Commit a good-faith effort to address each item in the Prompt section below.
• Please be sure to number your responses and include “white space” between problem numbers. This improves the readability and flow of your work. I cannot give feedback and grade jumbled work.
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• After you submit your good-faith attempt to fully respond to the questions in the Prompt section below, advance to the ANSWER(S) page.
• You can use the ANSWER(S) page to correct your work and resubmit this assignment any time before I begin grading the problems. However, to earn full credit, you are not required to submit a final draft for this assignment. But if you do submit a final draft, I will only grade it if you submitted a good-faith effort on your first draft.
• Warning – I will only grade your most recent submission. So if you choose to submit a final draft, please do not leave anything out, and please do not direct me to read an earlier submission. To maximize your score, your most recent submission (at the time I begin grading) must be complete.

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Context – A Real Court Case

In the early 1970s, a young man challenged an Oklahoma state law that prohibited the sale of 3.2% beer to males under age 21 but allowed its sale to females in the same age group. The case (Craig v. Boren, 429 U.S. 190, 1976) was ultimately heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The state of Oklahoma argued that the law improved traffic safety. One of the three main pieces of data presented to the court was the result of a random roadside survey. This survey gathered information on gender and whether or not the driver had been drinking alcohol in the previous 2 hours. A total of 619 drivers under 21 years of age were included in the survey.

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Prompt

1. A test of independence may be appropriate if we are examining the relationship between two categorical variables in one population. For this situation what is the population? What is the explanatory variable? What is the response variable?
2. What are the hypotheses for the Test of Independence? State hypotheses with reference to the context of the scenario.
3. The spreadsheet of the data looked like this:
   

   Roadside survey data

   Driver	Gender	Alcohol in last two hours?
   Driver 1	M	Yes
   Driver 2	F	No
   Driver 3	F	Yes
   . . .	. . .	. . .
   Driver 619	M	No

   We will not use the raw data. Instead, we will use the summarized data shown in the table below.

   Roadside survey summary

   Drank alcohol in last 2 hours?	Yes	No	Totals
   Male	77	404	481
   Female	16	122	138
   Totals	93	526	619

   Use StatCrunch to find expected counts, the Chi-square test statistic, and the P-value. ()
   Copy and paste your StatCrunch table into the textbox.

4. How many males in the sample are expected to answer yes to questions about alcohol consumption in the last two hours? Show how to calculate this expected count and explain what it means relative to the hypotheses.
5. Explain how we know that this data meets the conditions for use of a chi-square distribution.
6. State a conclusion at a 5% level of significance. Do you think that the data supports the Oklahoma law that forbids the sale of 3.2% beer to males and permits it to females?

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Rubric

Formative Assessments w/ StatCrunch

Formative Assessments w/ StatCrunch

Criteria	Ratings	Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAnswering the Prompt	8 ptsFull CreditThe first submission demonstrates a good-faith effort to address each part of the Prompt. Either in the first draft or the optional final draft, all parts of the “Prompt” are addressed and the responses demonstrate attainment of the learning objectives in the “Progress Check” section of the assignment. The answers are correct. The writing/work is clear. The explanation/work is reasonable, well-organized, and easy to follow.6.5 ptsMostly CorrectThe first submission demonstrates a good-faith effort to address most of the Prompt. In the optional final draft all parts of the “Prompt” are addressed, and the responses demonstrate attainment of the learning objectives in the “Progress Check” section of the assignment. The answers are mostly correct. The writing/work is clear. The explanation/work is reasonable, well-organized, and easy to follow. 3.5 ptsOne or more incorrectThe first submission demonstrates a good-faith effort to respond to a smaller portion of the Prompt. In the first draft or the optional final draft, one or more parts of the “Prompt” are not addressed or are incorrect. Or, answers do not demonstrate attainment of the learning objectives in the “Progress Check” section of the assignment. Or, answers are correct, but the writing/work is unclear, incorrect, or difficult to follow.0 ptsNo MarksThe first submission does not demonstrate a good-faith effort to address the Prompt.	8 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeStatCrunch	2 ptsFull CreditStatCrunch graphs and/or tables are correct and embedded with your work.1 ptsPartial CreditStatCrunch graphs and/or tables are incorrect or missing important information. 0 ptsNo CreditNo StatCrunch information is embedded with your post. Or all StatCrunch work is incorrect.	2 pts

Total Points: 10