Which of the following is the obtained chi-squared statistic for this test?

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A professor believes that, in recent years, the ethnic composition of the students in the university has changed. According to the data collected a few years ago, there were 70% of students from European origins, 20% Asian origins, 5% Indigenous, and 5% Others. To test his belief, he randomly sampled 500 students and recorded their ethnicity as shown below:

 

European 318
Asian  132
Indigenous 25
Others  25

The professor conducted a chi-squared goodness-of-fit test. Which of the following is the obtained chi-squared statistic for this test? 
A.

5.1443

B.

8.7898

C.

0.2288

D.

13.1657

E.

10.9777

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