In 2007, the United States had 1.5 million homeschooled students, according to the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics. In Table 11.51 you can see that parents decide to homeschool their children for different reasons, and some reasons are ranked by parents as more important than others. According to the survey results shown in the table, is the distribution of applicable reasons the same as the distribution of the most important reason? Provide your assessment at the 5% significance level. Did you expect the result you obtained?

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Reasons for Homeschooling Concern about the Applicable Reason (in thousands of respondents) Most Important Reason Row (in thousands of Total respondents) 309 1,321 1,630 environment of other schools Dissatisfaction with academic 1,096 258 1,354 instruction at other schools To provide religious or moral 1,257 540 1,797 instruction Child has special needs, other 315 55 370 than physical or mental Nontraditional approach to 984 99 1,083 child's education Other reasons (e.g., finances, 485 216 701 travel, family time, etc.) Column Total 5,458 1,477 6,935 Table 11.51