Question

An author argues that more​ American-born baseball players have birth dates in the months immediately following July 31 because that was the age cutoff date for nonschool baseball leagues. The table below lists months of births for a sample of​ American-born baseball players and​ foreign-born baseball players. Using a

0.01

significance​ level, is there sufficient evidence to warrant rejection of the claim that months of births of baseball players are independent of whether they are born in​America? Do the data appear to support the​ author's claim

	Jan.	Feb.	March	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
Born in America	387	326	366	346	336	316	315	505	422	435	396	373
Foreign Born	100	82	86	83	94	82	59	90	71	100	102	83

Identify the null and alternative hypotheses for this test.

A.

Upper H 0H0​:

The frequency of births is dependent of the month.

Upper H 1H1​:

The frequency of births is independent of the month.

B.

Upper H 0H0​:

The frequency of births is independent of the month.

Upper H 1H1​:

The frequency of births is dependent of the month.

C.

Upper H 0H0​:

Months of births of baseball players are independent of where they are born.

Upper H 1H1​:

Months of births of baseball players are dependent of where they are born.Your answer is correct.

D.

Upper H 0H0​:

Months of births of baseball players are dependent of where they are born.

Upper H 1H1​:

Months of births of baseball players are independent of where they are born.

Identify the test statistic.

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​(Round to three decimal places as​ needed.)

Answer 1