Two employees at an ice cream store were discussing the popularity of four of the ice cream flavors they have: Vanilla, Chocolate, Mint, and Strawberry. Employee A thought that the four flavors are equally popular, but employee B didn't think so. To settle their debate, they decided to tally the number of customers asking for those flavors for a whole day.

There were 44 customers that day:

• 5 asked for vanilla
• 15 asked for chocolate
• 14 asked for Mint
• 10 asked for strawberry

Conduct a Chi-Square Test for Goodness of Fit to answer the research question of whether the four flavors are equally popular, usinga = .05 as the significance level.

c. Calculate X²statistic.

d. Calculate the degree of freedom and then identify the critical value.

e. Compare the X²statistic with the critical value, then report the hypothesis test result, using "reject" or "fail to reject" the null hypothesis in the answer.

f. Explain the conclusion in a sentence or two, to answer the research question.