1. Working from home has changed the way employees and their employers perceive the need to go into the office to get work done. As COVID cases decline, employers are trying to figure out the necessity for employees to return to the office. HR departments sent out questionnaires to two different departments to see how their viewpoints differ about returning to the office. The results are shown below.

		Work Location Preference
		Return to the Office	Continue Remote Work
Department	IT	42	136
Sales	87	110

Using a 0.05 significance level, you need to test the claim that the department type (IT or Sales) is independent of where individuals want to continue to work (employees return to the office or continue remote work). If you are an employer, should you plan on keeping office space for employees in the IT department? What is the value of the test statistic?

1. 0.26
2. 6.35
3. 10.26
4. 17.53
5. 35.62