An Agency Responsible for Coordinating Organ Donations for the Purpose

An agency responsible for coordinating organ donations for the purpose of transplantation conducted a survey in four different regions of Canada.In each region-West,Prairies,Central,and Atlantic-separate surveys were conducted.One question addressed attitudes with respect to the use of unrelated living donors for kidney transplantation.The following table summarizes the findings in these regions. The agency was interested in determining if the proportion of people who approve of unrelated living kidney donation is the same across the various regions. What is the appropriate null hypothesis that the agency should establish?

A) H₀: The attitude toward the living donor issue is independent of the region
B) H₀: The region of the country and the attitude variable are not associated
C) H₀: The distribution of attitude toward unrelated living kidney donation is the same for all the regions
D) H₀: The distribution of people who approve of unrelated living kidney donation is the same in two or more of the regions
E) H₀: The approval of unrelated living kidney donation has no relation to the region