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📚 Python for Introductory Statistics: Lab Workbook
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1. Introduction to Python2. Python List3. Python Syntax4. Python Loops5. Frequency Distributions and Graphs6. Measure of Center and Variation7. Measures of Position8 Discrete Probability Distributions9. Continuous Probability DistributionConfidence Intervals11. Hypothesis Testing12. Linear Regression and Correlation13. Analysis of Categorical Data14. Advanced Statistics TopicsLab AnswersReferencesAppendix 1Appendix 2: Random Integer GeneratorAppendix 3: FactorialsResources

13.2 Test of Independence

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Lab 13.2.1

The contingency table below shows the prison population of Illinois in June 2021. Test the hypothesis that race (Black, White and Hispanic) and crime-class are independent at 5% level of significance.

ClassBlackHispanicWhite
117344751281
220713731938
3678103935
453492560
X564416612613
Murder40949271277

Use the chi2_test_of_indp function above.

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Adapted from Python for Introductory Statistics: Student's Lab Workbook, by Simon Aman (Truman College, City Colleges of Chicago), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes were made: reformatted as an accessible XYZ web edition with live in-browser code cells. License: CC-BY-4.0.