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Given below is the smoking status Number of Years Smoking Status by level of education for residents of Education Current Former Never 18 years old or older living in a 182 176 certain country from a random 135 147 sample of 1004 residents. Complete 13-15 parts (a) and (b). 16 or more Click the icon to view the Chi-Square table of critical values. (a) Test whether smoking status and level of education are independent at the a = 0.025 level of significance. What are the hypotheses? O A. Ho: The three smoking statuses are independent. Hy: The three smoking statuses are dependent. O B. Ho: Smoking status and level of education are independent. H: Smoking status and level of education are dependent. O C. Ho: Smoking status and level of education are dependent. H1: Smoking status and level of education are independent