A publishing company performs sample surveys to obtain information on the characteristics of book readers. A book reader is defined to be one who read one or more books in the six months prior to the survey; a nonbook reader is defined to be one who read newspapers or magazines but no books in the six months prior to the survey; a nonreader is defined to be one who did not read a book, newspaper, or magazine in the six months prior to the survey. The following data were obtained from a random sample of 1429 persons 16 years old and over. x

		Classification
		Book reader	Nonbook reader	Nonreader	Total
Household income	Less than $15,000	173	267	55	495
	$15,000 to $24,999	168	130	19	317
	$25,000 to $39,999	160	144	9	313
	$40,000 and over	213	88	3	304
	Total	714	629	86	1429

X² = 114.534X² = 114.534; P value =2.287 × 10²² = 2.287 ×10²²

Select one:

A. There is not sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that income and classification are independent.

B. There is sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that income and classification are dependent.

C. There is sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the classifications are not uniformly distributed for each income bracket.

D. There is not sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that income and classification are dependent.

E. There is sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that income and classification are independent.