A Recent National Poll Showed the Reading Habits of Adults $$\begin{array} { l r } 3 \text { or more books } & 5 \\2 \text { boxlss } & 27 \\1 \text { book } & 38 \\\text { No hooks } & 30\end{array}$$

Multiple Choice

A recent national poll showed the reading habits of adults during the last 12 months: $$\begin{array} { l r } 3 \text { or more books } & 5 \\2 \text { boxlss } & 27 \\1 \text { book } & 38 \\\text { No hooks } & 30\end{array}$$ A poll in a small Midwestern town shows the following percentages:
$$\begin{array} { l r } 3 \text { or more broks } & 1 \\2 \text { books } & 22 \\1 \text { boxk } & 39 \\\text { No hooks } & 38\end{array}$$ Comparing the critical and observed values of the goodness-of fit chi-squared statistic and
$\alpha$ = 0.05, the appropriate decision is ______.

A) reject the null hypothesis that the two distributions are equal
B) fail to reject the null hypothesis that the two distributions are unequal
C) reject the null hypothesis that the two distributions are unequal
D) fail to reject the null hypothesis that the two distributions are equal
E) reject the null hypothesis that the sample size for the smaller poll is large enough