The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported information on volunteers by selected characteristics. They found that 24.4% of the population aged 16 to 24 volunteers a median number of 36 hours per year. A survey of 75 students in each age group revealed the following data on volunteer practices. At α = 0.05, can it be concluded that the proportions of volunteers are the same for each group?

Perform the following steps.
a. State the hypotheses and identify the claim.
b. Find the critical value.
c. Compute the test value.
d. Make the decision.
e. Summarize the results.
Use the traditional method of hypothesis testing unless otherwise specified.

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Age 18 19 20 2 22 Yes (volunteer) 19 8 23 31 13 No 56 57 52 62