Nationwide Insurance Would Like to Perform a Chi- Square Test

Multiple Choice

Nationwide Insurance would like to perform a chi- square test to investigate whether a difference exists in the proportion of male and female teenagers who text while they drive. A random sample of 80 male teenagers found that 50 indicated they texted while driving. A random sample of 120 female teenagers found that 65 indicated they texted while driving. The chi- square critical value using α = 0.5 is ______ .

A) 5.991
B) 2.706
C) 3.841
D) 7.815