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A magazine subscriber study asked, "In the past 12 months, whentraveling for business, what type of airline ticket did youpurchase most often?" A second question asked if the type ofairline ticket purchased most often was for domestic orinternational travel. Sample data obtained are shown in thefollowing table.

Type of Ticket	Type of Flight
	Domestic	International
First class	29	22
Business class	93	119
Economy class	520	137

(a)Using a 0.05 level of significance, is the type of ticketpurchased independent of the type of flight?

State the null and alternative hypotheses.

H₀: The type of ticket purchased is notindependent of the type of flight.
H_a: The type of ticket purchased is independentof the type of flight.H₀: The type of ticketpurchased is not mutually exclusive from the type of flight.
H_a: The type of ticket purchased is mutuallyexclusive from the type offlight.    H₀: The type ofticket purchased is independent of the type of flight.
H_a: The type of ticket purchased is notindependent of the type of flight.H₀: The typeof ticket purchased is mutually exclusive from the type offlight.
H_a: The type of ticket purchased is notmutually exclusive from the type of flight.

Find the value of the test statistic. (Round your answer tothree decimal places.)

Please explain how to get test statistic on excel and byhand.

Find the p-value. (Round your answer to four decimalplaces.)

Please explain how to get test statistic on excel or byhand.

p-value =

State your conclusion.

Reject H₀. We conclude that the type ofticket purchased is independent of the type of flight.

Do not reject H₀. We cannot conclude thatthe type of ticket purchased and the type of flight areindependent.    

Do not reject H₀. We cannot conclude thatthe type of ticket purchased and the type of flight are notindependent.

Reject H₀. We conclude that the the type ofticket purchased is not independent of the type of flight.

(b)

Discuss any dependence that exists between the type of ticketand type of flight.

The type of ticket purchased is independent of the type offlight.

A higher percentage of first class and business class ticketsare purchased for international flights compared to domesticflights. Economy class tickets are purchased more for domesticflights.    

A higher percentage of first class and business class ticketsare purchased for domestic flights compared to internationalflights. Economy class tickets are purchased more for internationalflights.

A lower percentage of economy class tickets are purchased fordomestic flights compared to international flights. First class andbusiness class tickets are purchased more for domestic flights.