A government's economic analysis branch recently released figures that they claimed showed a growth spurt in the western region of a certain country that is divided into 51 states. Using the accompanying table, where the cell values are numbers of states, determine if the percent change in real GDP by state was independent of region of the country. Use a = 0.10. Click the icon to view the data table. What are the null and alternative hypotheses? O A. Ho: GDP % change is independent of region. HA: GDP % change increases from west to east. &B. Ho: GDP % change is independent of region. HA: GDP % change is not independent of region. X O C. Ho: GDP % change is independent of region. GDP % Change Table HA: GDP % change increases from east to west. O D. Ho: GDP % change is not independent of region. GDP % Change D HA: GDP % change is independent of region. Region Top 40% Bottom 60% Total West What is the test statistic? Midwest LO NN Southeast x2 =( Round to two decimal places as needed.) Northeast N Total 51 Print Done