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I came across a Reddit post in which a user did a quick-and-dirty data collection of the ethnicities of the three top-billed actors in each of 100+ million USD-earning movies between 2022 and 2025. They then compared the data to US census data. Regardless of how Reddit reacted, I saw this and decided that it would make a good example for explaining and performing a chi-square with expected proportions. I'm so fun at parties, guys.While the original sample was 228, I created an imitation sample (n = 100) with the Hollywood data as the observed data. I used the US census demographic percentages as the expected proportions. Here is my n = 100 imitation data, in JASP, .TXT, and a text file of the R code generated by JASP.AND PLUS ALSO: The OP in Reddit gave their quick-and-dirty research methodology for collecting data on the ethnic breakdown of the top-billed actors in very successful movies. I think you could challenge your RM students to consider how they could create a more robust…

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