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 test statistic for this sample is ______.

A) 4.05
B) 1.36
C) 4.22
D) 2.98