pathfinder - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria

PATHFINDERDecision:Since the calculated value of2= 0.41 is less than the tabulated value20.05 = 3.84, we accept the null hypothesis and reject the alternatehypothesis.EXAMINERS‟ REPORT:The question tests candidates‟ knowledge of hypothesis testing using Chi-Square.More than 80% of the candidates attempted the question.Of this percentage, about 80% scored above average.The commonest pitfall was that candidates approximated the parameters given, thusarriving at varied test-results which in turn affected the findings but this did not affectthe decisions arrived at.INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION - NOVEMBER 2010104