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Use the following information to answer the next nine exercise: The following data are real. the cumulative number of AIDS cases reported for Santa Clary Country is broken down by ethnicity as in table 11.29

The percentage of each ethnic group in Santa Clary Country is as in Table shown below

Is this is a right-tailed, left-tailed, or two-tailed test ?

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This test is right-tailed test.

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Given Information   

The cumulative number of AIDS cases reported for Santa Clary Country is broken down by ethnicity as in table shown below :

The percentage of each ethnic group in Santa Clary Country is as in Table shown below

We have to find is this is a right-tailed, left-tailed, or two-tailed test .

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explanation  

In this scenario, the goodness-of-fit test is the best option. The Chi-square distribution test, which we all know is always rightly skewed, is also known as the goodness-of-fit test.

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