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

A) $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $ : Household income and reading classification are somehow related. $ \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{a}} $ : Household income and reading classification are not independent.
B) $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $ : Household income and reading classification are independent. $ \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{a}} $ : Household income and reading classification are somehow related.
C) $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $ : Household income and reading classification are independent. $ \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{a}} $ : Household income and reading classification are not related.
D) $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $ : Household income and reading classification are somehow related. $ \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{a}} $ : Household income and reading classification are independent.

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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

A) $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $ : Household income and reading classification are somehow related. $ \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{a}} $ : Household income and reading classification are not independent. 
B) $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $ : Household income and reading classification are independent. $ \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{a}} $ : Household income and reading classification are somehow related. 
C) $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $ : Household income and reading classification are independent. $ \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{a}} $ : Household income and reading classification are not related. 
D) $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $ : Household income and reading classification are somehow related. $ \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{a}} $ : Household income and reading classification are independent.

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The Answer of 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

A) $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $ : Household income and reading classification are somehow related. $ \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{a}} $ : Household income and reading classification are not independent. 
B) $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $ : Household income and reading classification are independent. $ \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{a}} $ : Household income and reading classification are somehow related. 
C) $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $ : Household income and reading classification are independent. $ \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{a}} $ : Household income and reading classification are not related. 
D) $ \mathrm{H}_{0} $ : Household income and reading classification are somehow related. $ \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{a}} $ : Household income and reading classification are independent.

The Book Industry Study Group, Inc H0 \mathrm{H}_{0} H0​ : Household Income and Reading Classification Are Somehow Related

The Book Industry Study Group, Inc $\mathrm{H}_{0}$ : Household Income and Reading Classification Are Somehow Related