The contingency table shows a random sample of white, black, and Hispanic college students based on whether their family borrowed money to pay for their college education. At α = 0.01, can you conclude that borrowing money for college and race are related?

Perform the indicated chi-square independence test by performing the steps below.

(a) Identify the claim and state H₀ and H_a.

(b) Determine the degrees of freedom, find the critical value, and identify the rejection region.

(c) Find the chi-square test statistic.

(d) Decide whether to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis.

(e) Interpret the decision in the context of the original claim

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Family borrowed money? Yes Race No White 49 64 Black 85 123 Hispanic 85 180