A recent poll asked 3,228 Americans aged 16 to 21 whether they are likely to serve in the U.S. military. The following table, cross-classified by gender and race, reports those who responded that they are likely or very likely to serve in the active-duty military.

a. State the competing hypotheses to test whether race and gender are dependent when making a choice to serve in the military.
b. Conduct the test using the critical value approach at the 5% significancelevel.

Gender Male Female Hispanic 1,098 484 Race Black 678 355 White 549 64