Given below is the smoking status by level of education for residents 18 years old or older living in a certain country from a random sample of 987 residents. Complete parts?(a) and?(b).

?(a) Test whether smoking status and level of education are independent at the ?=0.025 level of significance.

What are the?hypotheses?

A.

H0?: Smoking status and level of education are independent.

H1?: Smoking status and level of education are dependent.

B.

H0?: Smoking status and level of education are dependent.

H1?: Smoking status and level of education are independent.

C.

H0?: The three smoking statuses are independent.

H1?: The three smoking statuses are dependent

Number of Years of Education