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Students in a Statistics $\alpha$

Use the following information for questions:
Students in a statistics class were asked, "With whom do you find it easier to make friends: person of the same sex, person of opposite sex, or no preference?" A table summarizing the responses by gender is given below. Minitab results for a chi-square test for these data were "Chi-Sq = 7.15 DF=2 P-value = 0.028."
-Assume these students represent a random sample of all students. Based on the chi-square test, what conclusion can be made about the relationship between gender and response to the question about friends, using $\alpha$ = 0.05?

A) The result is not statistically significant so there does not appear to be a relationship.
B) The result is not statistically significant so there does appear to be a relationship.
C) The result is statistically significant so there does not appear to be relationship.
D) The result is statistically significant so there does appear to be a relationship.