The Gravy Company has decided to launch a new advertisementcampaign in grocery stores to promote their products. The idea isto put small signs in the meat section (next to the Turkey, Ham,etc.) which read, "Get on board to the gravy train! The companywonders whether the different groups of consumers who eat differentmeats also have different gravy preferences. The table below isfrom a random sample of college students. The row denotes whetherthe student's family has gravy at Thanksgiving or not. The columndenotes the type of meat served.
meat | chicken | ham | don't know | other | roast beef | tofurkey | turducken | turkey | total |
no | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 82 |
yes | 10 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 814 | 892 |
total | 12 | 29 | 5 | 35 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 859 | 974 |
Formulate a set of hypotheses to test whether the two variablesare independent or dependent and perform the test.