A book claims that more hockey players are born in January

Last updated: 7/27/2023

A book claims that more hockey players are born in January through March than in October through December The following data show the number of players selected in a draft of new players for a hockey league according to their birth month Is there evidence to suggest that hockey players birthdates are not uniformly distributed throughout the year Use the level of significance a 0 01 Click the icon to view the table Click the icon to view the chi square table of critical values B Ho The distribution of hockey players birth months is uniformly distributed H The distribution of hockey players birth months is not uniformly distributed O C Ho The distribution of hockey players birth months is uniformly distributed H More hockey players are born in January March than October December O D Ho The distribution of hockey players birth months is not uniformly distributed H The distribution of hockey players birth months is uniformly distributed Compute the expected counts for each birth month The total number of hockey players is 174 Observed Count Expected Count 64 58 28 Birth Month January March April June July September October December 24 Round to two decimal places as needed