A Researcher Performed a Study to Determine Whether an Association

Multiple Choice

A researcher performed a study to determine whether an association exists between political party affiliation and income.She obtained the following sample data.Use a 1% level of significance. $\begin{array}{|l|r|r|r|r|}&&\text {income bracket}\\\hline party& \text { Low } & \text { Middle } & \text { High } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Conservative } & 101 & 130 & 97 & 328 \\\hline \text { NDP } & 78 & 113 & 146 & 337 \\\hline \text { Other } & 15 & 34 & 9 & 58 \\\hline \text { Total } & 194 & 277 & 252 & 723 \\\hline\end{array}$ $x ^ { 2 }$ = 27.831; P-value = 0.0000135

A) Reject the null hypothesis.The data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that political party affiliation is distributed uniformly for each income bracket.
B) Do not reject the null hypothesis.There is insufficient evidence to conclude that there is a relationship between income and political party affiliation.
C) Reject the null hypothesis.The data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that there is a relationship between income and political party affiliation.
D) Do not reject the null hypothesis.The data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that there is a relationship between income and political party affiliation.
E) Reject the null hypothesis.There is insufficient evidence to conclude that there is a relationship between income and political party affiliation.