a social service organization reports that th...
a social service organization reports that the level of educational attainment of mothers receiving food stamps is uniformly distributed. to test this claim, you randomly select 97 mothers who currently receive food stamps and record the educational attainment of each. the results are shown in the table on the right. at $alpha = 0.025$, can you reject the claim that the distribution is uniform? complete parts (a) through (d) below.\n(a) state $h_0$ and $h_a$ and identify the claim.\n$h_0$: the distribution of educational - attainment responses is \n$h_a$: the distribution of educational - attainment responses is \nresponse\tfrequency, $f$\nnot a high school graduate\t33\nhigh school graduate\t37\ncollege (1 year or more)\t27
Answer
# Answer:
$H_0$: The distribution of educational - attainment responses is uniform.
$H_a$: The distribution of educational - attainment responses is not uniform.
The claim is $H_0$.
# Explanation:
## Step1: Define null hypothesis
The null hypothesis $H_0$ is the statement of no effect or the status - quo. Here, the claim that the distribution is uniform is the null hypothesis.
## Step2: Define alternative hypothesis
The alternative hypothesis $H_a$ is the opposite of the null hypothesis. So, it is that the distribution is not uniform.