A sample of employees at a large chemical plant was asked to indicate a preference for one of three pension plans. The results are given in the following table. Does it seem that there is a relationship between the pension plan selected and the job classification of the employees? Use the 0.1 significance level.

Pension Plan

Job Class Plan A Plan B Plan C

Supervisor 33 58 53

Clerical 26 35 36

Labor 29 36 49

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a.State the decision rule. Use 0.1 significance level.(Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

H₀: Pension plan preference and job class are not related.

H₁: Pension plan preference and job class are related.

b.Compute the value of chi-square.(Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)