Microhabitat factors associated with forage and bed sites of barking deer in Hainan Island, China were examined. In this region woods make up 4.8% of the land, cultivated grass plot makes up 14.7%, and deciduous forests make up 39.6%. Of the 426 sites where the deer forage, 4 were categorized as woods, 16 as cultivated grassplot, and 61 as deciduous forests. The table below summarizes these data.

(a) Write the hypotheses for testing if barking deer prefer to forage in certain habitats over others. 

(b) What type of test can we use to answer this research question? 

(c) Check if the assumptions and conditions required for this test are satisfied. 

(d) Do these data provide convincing evidence that barking deer prefer to forage in certain habitats over others? Conduct an appropriate hypothesis test to answer this research question.

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Woods Cultivated grassplot Deciduous forests 4 61 16 Other 345 Total 426