In a food preference experiment, 80 lizards were given the opportunity to choose to eat one of three different species of insects. The results showed that 33 of the lizards chose species A, 12 chose species B, and 35 chose species C. They conducted a Chi-squared analysis to test for equal preference. What are the Null and Alternate hypothesis for this test

In a Chisquare test ; The null hypothesis is used to lay claim that the variables are independent, that is no relationship exists between the categorical variables in the population while the alternative hypothesis negates the null thus claiming that the variables aren't independent.

The null hypothesis, H0 : The variables are independent, A = B = C

The alternative hypothesis ; H1 : The variables are not independent, A ≠ B ≠ C