(13.23) What is the distribution of doctorates conferred by field and sex? Here

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(13.23) What is the distribution of doctorates conferred by field and sex? Here are the counts from the most popular fields in 2012. The physical sciences include mathematics and computer and information sciences; the life sciences include agricultural sciences/natural resources, biological/biomedical sciences, and health sciences; and the social sciences include psychology. MALE FEMALE TOTAL 6,527 ,8838,410 Physical sciences 6,393 2,558,944 5,331 6,698 12,029 Social sciences 3,488 4,86 8,349 1,501 3,297 4,798 2,654 2,847 5,501 1,496 ,425 2,921 27,390 23,562 |50,592 Life sciences Humanities Other Total Let A be the event that the degree is in engineering and B the event that the recipient is a female. The proportion of engineering doctorates conferred on females is expressed in probability notation as eBook O plab) p(a and b)

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Let A be the event that the degree in engineering

Let B be the event that the recipient is a female.

Now, proportion of engineering doctrorates conferred on females is expressed in probability

is =P(A/B)

Since B is already happened and A will be happen

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