The null hypothesis

19.9 Randomly selected records of 140 convicted criminals reveal that their crimes were committed on the following days of the week:
DAYS WHEN CRIMES WERE COMMITTED
FREQUENCY MON. TUE. WED. THU. FRI. SAT SUN. TOTAL
Observed (f0) 17 21 22 18 23 24 15 140
a. Using the .01 level of significance, test the null hypothesis that in the underlying population, crimes are equally likely to be committed on any day of the week.
b. Specify the approximate p-value for this test result.
c. How might this result be reported in the literature?

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