A Variable Contains Five Categories $\alpha$ =01, the Degrees of Freedom for This Test Are ___

Multiple Choice

A variable contains five categories. It is expected that data are uniformly distributed across these five categories. To test this, a sample of observed data is gathered on this variable resulting in frequencies of 27, 30, 29, 21, and 24. Using $\alpha$ =.01, the degrees of freedom for this test are ___.

A) 5
B) 4
C) 3
D) 2
E) 1