Question

Problem Set 1: A child trauma counselor knows that for her region, 22% of children are in extreme poverty, 40% are below poverty, and 38% of the children are above the poverty level. She wants to know if her services reaches a similar demographic to what is known in the region. Services provided at each demographic level for her 40 clients are provided in the table below. Use at least one decimal place for any calculations needed to conduct the analysis.

Extreme poverty Below Poverty Above Poverty 9 15 16

1. Paste appropriate SPSS output.

2.)Paste appropriate SPSS graph.

3.)Write an APA-style Results section based on your analysis. All homework “Results sections” should follow the examples provided in the presentations and textbooks. They should include the statistical statement within a complete sentence that mentions the type of test conducted, whether the test was significant, and if relevant, effect size and/or post hoc analyses. Don’t forget to include a decision about the null hypothesis.

Answer 1

this is chi-square goodness of fit test

We conducted chi-square goodness of fit test to see if her services reaches a similar demographic to what is known in the region We found X^2(2) = 0.1092 ,p-value = 0.9469

hence we conclude that there is no evidence that distribution is not the same