Use A $X^2$ Test to Test the Claim That in the Given Contingency

question 44

Essay

Use a $X^2$
test to test the claim that in the given contingency table, the row variable and the
column variable are independent. The table below shows the age and favorite type of music of
668 randomly selected people. $$\begin{array} { c | c c c } & \text { Rock } & \text { Pop } & \text { Classical } \\\hline \mathbf { 1 5 - 2 5 } & 50 & 85 & 73 \\\mathbf { 2 5 - 3 5 } & 68 & 91 & 60 \\\mathbf { 3 5 - 4 5 } & 90 & 74 & 77\end{array}$$ Use a 5 percent level of significance to test the null hypothesis that age and preferred
music type are independent.