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Isabella is studying the fairness of a six-sided numbered cube with numbers
and
.
The numbered cube is rolled
times, and the numbers on the top side are recorded in the table below.
n-342874-1446639076814
Based on this data, what conclusion would you make about the fairness of the numbered cube?
Justify your answer.
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I can’t see a clear table of the recorded rolls in your message (the line "n-342874-1446639076814" looks garbled). Could you paste the observed counts for each face (or the full table) so I can give a definite conclusion?
Meanwhile, here is how to decide whether the cube is fair and how I’ll test it once you provide the data.
Method 1 — quick check with relative frequencies
- A fair six-sided cube gives probability 1/6 for each face. If the cube was rolled N times the expected count for each face is N/6.
- Compute each face’s observed proportion = observed count / N and compare to 1/6. If the proportions are reasonably close to 1/6 (small deviations that look like sampling variability), there is no strong evidence of bias. Large systematic deviations suggest bias.
Method 2 — formal test (chi-square goodness-of-fit)
- Expected count for each face = N/6.
- Chi-square statistic: χ² = sum over faces of (observed − expected)² / expected.
- Degrees of freedom = 5. At the 5% significance level the critical value is about 11.07; at 1% it is about 15.09.
- If χ² > critical value → evidence the cube is not fair. If χ² ≤ critical value → do not reject fairness (no strong evidence of bias).
Example (if the observed counts were 3, 4, 2, 8, 7, 4; total N = 28):
- Expected per face = 28/6 ≈ 4.667.
- χ² ≈ 5.86 which is below 11.07 → do not reject fairness at the 5% level (no strong evidence of bias).
Send the actual counts (or the table) and I’ll compute the proportions and the chi-square and give a clear conclusion with justification.
Meanwhile, here is how to decide whether the cube is fair and how I’ll test it once you provide the data.
Method 1 — quick check with relative frequencies
- A fair six-sided cube gives probability 1/6 for each face. If the cube was rolled N times the expected count for each face is N/6.
- Compute each face’s observed proportion = observed count / N and compare to 1/6. If the proportions are reasonably close to 1/6 (small deviations that look like sampling variability), there is no strong evidence of bias. Large systematic deviations suggest bias.
Method 2 — formal test (chi-square goodness-of-fit)
- Expected count for each face = N/6.
- Chi-square statistic: χ² = sum over faces of (observed − expected)² / expected.
- Degrees of freedom = 5. At the 5% significance level the critical value is about 11.07; at 1% it is about 15.09.
- If χ² > critical value → evidence the cube is not fair. If χ² ≤ critical value → do not reject fairness (no strong evidence of bias).
Example (if the observed counts were 3, 4, 2, 8, 7, 4; total N = 28):
- Expected per face = 28/6 ≈ 4.667.
- χ² ≈ 5.86 which is below 11.07 → do not reject fairness at the 5% level (no strong evidence of bias).
Send the actual counts (or the table) and I’ll compute the proportions and the chi-square and give a clear conclusion with justification.
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