Question

Sorry, no chi-square How do U.S. residents who travel overseas for leisure differ from

those who travel for business? The following is the breakdown by occupation.

Occupation	Leisure travelers (%)	Business travelers (%)
Professional/technical	$36$	$39$
Manager/executive	$23$	$48$
Retired	$14$	$3$
Student	$7$	$3$
Other	$20$	$7$
Total	$100$	$100$

Explain why we can’t use a chi-square test to learn whether these two distributions differ

significantly.

Short answer

We can’t use a chi-square test to learn whether these two distributions differ significantly because the information given to us is in percentage and no information is given about total number of travellers.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1:Given Information 

We have been given that,

Percentage of U.S. residents who travel overseas for leisure,and

Percentage of U.S. residents who travel overseas for business.

Occupation	Leisure travelers (%)	Business travelers (%)
Professional/technical	$36$	$39$
Manager/executive	$23$	$48$
Retired	$14$	$3$
Student	$7$	$3$
Other	$20$	$3$
Total	$100$	$100$

Step 2:Explanation 

The information given to us is in percentage and no information is given about total number of travellers.