A highway department executive claims that the number of fatal accidents which occur in her state does not vary from month to month. The results of a study of 108108 fatal accidents were recorded. Is there enough evidence to reject the highway department executive's claim about the distribution of fatal accidents between each month?

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Deborah

Mathematics

22 October, 22:17

A highway department executive claims that the number of fatal accidents which occur in her state does not vary from month to month. The results of a study of 108108 fatal accidents were recorded. Is there enough evidence to reject the highway department executive's claim about the distribution of fatal accidents between each month?

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Karla Sloan · Answer 1

No

Step-by-step explanation:

Remember, for a hypothesis or claim to be rejected it means it either passed or was below the assumed range of values.

However, in this case there was no mention of the range of values, just a statement by the highway department executive who claims that the number of fatal accidents which occur in her state does not vary from month to month.

We therefore, cannot use the results of the study of 108,108 fatal accidents as a basis for rejection as it lacks sufficient information.