ISBN: - 978-93-88936-09-5 rank towards credit facility (M=3.36), fifth rank towards prompt payment (M=3.10), sixth rank towards easy sale (M=3.06), and finally the seventh rank towards better prices (M=2.74). Table 5.18 Problems faced by the distributors of rubber sheets Problems Storage Market Kalkulam taluk Vilavancode taluk Thovalai taluk Chisquare 10.057 11.143 Sheet purchase 21.200 Transportation 20.600 P value .074 .133 .033 .002 Chisquare .133 .079 .043 P value Chi4.240 13.000 6.400 11.120 11.320 13.000 8.933 12.933 square 8.400 P value .269 .299 .257 .044 Ho: There is no significant relationship between distributors and the problems in marketing of rubber sheets in Kanyakumari district. H1: There is significant relationship between distributors and the problems in marketing of rubber sheets in Kanyakumari district. The above table shows output of the Chi-square value, degrees of freedom, and significant value. In order to analyse the significant relationship between distributors and the problems in marketing of rubber sheets in Kanyakumari district. There are four problems such as Storage, Market, Purchase of sheets, and Transportation have been identified and tested with the tool of Chisquare. It is also observed from the table that there is significant relationship between distributors and the problems faced by the distributors in marketing of rubber sheets in Kanyakumari district, since the P value are for transportation in three taluks like Kalkulam, Vilavancode and Thovalai .002, .043 and .044 respectively, thus it is concluded that there is a significant relationship between the distributors and the problems in marketing of rubber sheets in Kanyakumari district. It is found that the P value is lesser than .05, thus the alternative hypothesis H1 is accepted, and other problems like storage, sheets purchase and market, also shows that the P value is greater than .05 per cent , then the hypothesis is rejected but the null hypothesis is accepted. Socio economic status of NR distributors in Kanyakumari district (One sample test) at 5% level of significance There are so many factors determine the socio economic status of NR growers and distributors such as Type of Distributors, Age, Education, Marital Status, Income, Family Size, Nature of Family, Time Spent, Types of Subsidy, Area of Market and Sources of Finance. To ascertain the significant difference between the NR distributors based on three taluks in Kanyakumari district and their socio economic status, âTâ statistics is administered. The following table shows results of Mean differences and t-test. 151
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