In a College Dining Hall, Students with a Full Meal

Multiple Choice

In a college dining hall, students with a full meal plan can eat up to four meals each day.The kitchen is now thinking that the meal consumption may more closely resemble a uniform distribution.Reviewing dining hall data over the past week, the following information is compiled. $$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | r | r | r | } \hline \text { Meals } & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & \geq 4 \\\hline \text { Observed frequency } & 287 & 581 & 447 & 290 & 185 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Using $\alpha$ =0.05, the appropriate decision for this goodness of fit test is _______.

A) do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
B) reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is uniform
C) do nothing
D) do not reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform
E) reject the null hypothesis that the observed distribution is not uniform