Over the years, African-American actors in major cinema releases have been more likely than white actors to have major roles in comedies. The table shows the percent of all roles by type of picture.

The next table shows a sample of the latest released films with the number of leading roles played by African- Americans for each type of film.

At the 0.05 level of significance, does the distribution of African-American roles differ from the overall distribution of roles in major cinema releases?
a. Solve using the p-value approach.
b. Solve using the classical approach

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Type of Picture Action and adventure Comedy Drama Horror and suspense Romantic comedy Percent of Roles 13.2 31.9 23.0 12.5 8.2 11.2 Other Type of Picture Action and adventure Comedy Drama Horror and suspense Romantic comedy Number of Roles 9 40 17 5 7