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Question 54

Dr. Vance gathered quantitative data by tallying how often a sample of Year 12 and Year 13 students chose to use either a printed textbook or a digital tablet during their independent study sessions in the sixth form centre. Dr. Vance recorded the study medium of 25 Year 12 students and 25 Year 13 students over a morning study period. The data is displayed in Table 1.

Calculate the chi-squared value for this data by completing Table 2.

Table 1: Study medium choices for Year 12 and Year 13 students

Printed TextbookDigital TabletTotals
Year 12141125
Year 1361925
Totals203050

Table 2: Chi-squared calculation template

Student GroupMediumObservedExpectedO−EO - EO−E(O−E)2(O - E)^2(O−E)2(O−E)2E\displaystyle \frac{(O - E)^2}{E}E(O−E)2​
Year 12Printed1410.0
Digital1115.0
Year 13Printed610.0
Digital1915.0
χ2=\chi^2 =χ2=
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Practise Edexcel A Level Psychology Methods with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 638 questions, matched to the Edexcel A Level Psychology (9PS0) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.

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