Question 11.99

16. Beef Cattle and Farm Size. The National Agricultural Statistics Service publishes data on farm products in the United States.12 The accompanying table shows the number of beef cattle on smaller-scale operations (farms having fewer than 50 head) for three states. Three separate samples were taken. Test whether the proportions of cattle on smaller farms are the same across all three states, using level of significance . image cattlefarm

Texas Oklahoma Pennsylvania
Beef cattle on
smaller scale
operations
103,000 3,600 11,400
Beef cattle on
operations that are
not smaller scale
28,000 44,400 600