Hypothesis testing using Chi-square Goodness of Fit:
From 1837 to 1932, the United States Supreme Court had 48 vacancies. The table below shows the number of years in which exactly k of the vacancies occurred (208). At α = 0.01 level of significance, test the hypothesis that these data can be described by a Poisson pdf.
Number of Vacancies
|
Number of Years
|
0
|
59
|
1
|
27
|
2
|
9
|
3
|
1
|
4+
|
0
|