A Market Researcher Is Interested in Determining Whether the Age

Multiple Choice

A market researcher is interested in determining whether the age of listeners influences their preferred musical styles.The following is a contingency table from a random sample of 385 individuals: $\begin{array}{c}\begin{array}{|l|}\hline\\\hline 18-25 \\\hline 26-35 \\\hline 36-45 \\\hline 46+ \\\hline \end{array}\begin{array}{l}\hline\text { Style } -{1}\\ \hline 125 \\\hline 87 \\\hline 50 \\\hline 12 \\\hline\end{array}\begin{array}{|l|}\hline \text { Style}-2 \\\hline 13 \\\hline 12 \\\hline 22 \\\hline 25 \\\hline \end{array}\begin{array}{l|}\hline\text { Style}-3 \\\hline 6 \\\hline 6 \\\hline 12 \\\hline 15\\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$


The researcher uses $\alpha$ = 0.05.The appropriate decision is ______.

A) reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
B) reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
C) do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are not independent
D) do not reject the null hypothesis and conclude the two variables are independent
E) do nothing