Interpret the results of the chi-square test at the 5% significance level.

The Book Industry Study Group, Inc., performs sample surveys to obtain information on characteristics of book readers. A book reader is defined to be one who read one or more books in the six months prior to the survey; a non-book reader is defined to be one who read newspapers or magazines but no books in the six months prior to the survey; a nonreader is defined to be one who did not read a book, newspaper, or magazine in the six months prior to the survey. The following data were obtained from a random sample of 1429 persons 16 years old and over.

χ 2 = 114.534; P-value = 2.287 × 10 -22

Question

Interpret the results of the chi-square test at the 5% significance level. 
 
 The Book Industry Study Group, Inc., performs sample surveys to obtain information on characteristics of book readers. A  book reader  is defined to be one who read one or more books in the six months prior to the survey; a  non-book reader  is defined to be one who read newspapers or magazines but no books in the six months prior to the survey; a  nonreader  is defined to be one who did not read a book, newspaper, or magazine in the six months prior to the survey. The following data were obtained from a random sample of 1429 persons 16 years old and over.

χ 2  = 114.534; P-value = 2.287 × 10 -22

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There is not sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that income and classification are independent.

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There is not sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that income and classification are dependent.

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There is sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that income and classification are dependent.

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There is sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that income and classification are independent.

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There is sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the classifications are not uniformly distributed for each income bracket.

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