1. We are looking at the question to examine the relationship between different news networks and their reporting practices.
Question: Are news networks actually biased in the reporting in favor of either the Republican or Democratic Party?
News Network
|
# of negative stories about Democrats in first 6 months of 2006 |
# of negative stories about Republicans in first 6 months of 2006 |
Totals |
Fox News |
266 |
255 |
521 |
MSNBC |
302 |
325 |
627 |
CNN |
283 |
298 |
581 |
ABC |
211 |
230 |
441 |
CBS |
275 |
291 |
566 |
Totals |
1337 |
1399 |
2736 |
2. The thinking is that differetn networks may affect how they report the news. The hypotheses are:
Ha: The major news networks favor one political party over the other in their reporting practices.
Ho: The major news networks do not favor one political party over the other in their reporting practices.
Calculate a value of chi-sqaure, and determine the conclusion at the 95% level of confidence.