Given the following table calculate the precentages of each group. Rounded to th

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Given the following table calculate the precentages of each group. Rounded to the nearest 10th.

What percent of women were accepted at this college________?

What percent of Men were accepted at this college__________?

Which Group seems to have an advantage of getting into this college________?

What percent of women were accepted into Liberal Arts Program___________?

What percent of Men were accepted into Liberal Arts Program___________?

Which group seeme to have an advantage for Physics___________?

Does this data display Simpson's Pavadox___________?

Major Applied Admited Lib Arts Women 1174 936 Lib Arts Men 538 336 Physis Women 661 175 Physis Men 2153 551

Explanation / Answer

1) women accepted at this COLLEGE = (total women admitted) /(total women applied)
= (936+175)/(1174+661)
=0.60544 = 60.5%

2) men accepted at College = (total men admitted)/ (total men applied)
= (336+551)/(538+2153)=0.32961= 33%

3)Which Group seems to have an advantage of getting into this college Women.

4) What percent of women were accepted into Liberal Arts Program___________?
= (women admitted in lib art) / (women applied to lib arts)
= 936/1174 = 0.7972 = 79.7%

5)What percent of Men were accepted into Liberal Arts Program___________?
= (men admitted in lib art) / (men applied to lib arts)
= (336/538) = 0.62453 = 62.5%

6)Which group seeme to have an advantage for Physics Women?
men percent acceptence in physics = 551/2153 = 25.6%
women percent acceptence in physics = 175/551 = 26.5%

7) Does this data display Simpson's Pavadox___________? NO
No, SInce both cases lib arts and physics women have higher percent of acceptance and also overall college the acceptence rate of women is higher

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