An ecologist counted the number of eggs in randomly selected nests in a population of birds. To test the hypothesis that the number of eggs per nest follows a Poisson distribution at the 5% level of significance, you will need to compare a calculated value with a critical value. Eggs Number of nests Prob Expected
nest, xi per fi
0 15 0.2845 19.9
1 29 0.3576 25.0
2 19 0.2248 15.7
23 7 0.1331 9.3
SUM: 70 1.0000 70.0
What are the calculated and critical values for this test?
a. calculated = 45.6; critical = 5.991.
b. calculated = 3.10; critical = 5.991.
c. calculated = 5.89; critical = 5.991.
d. calculated = 3.10; critical = 7.815.