Here are the projected numbers (in thousands) of earned degrees in a certain cou

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Here are the projected numbers (in thousands) of earned degrees in a certain country during an academic year, classified by level and by the sex of the degree recipient:

(a) Convert this to a table giving the probabilities for selecting a degree earned and classifying the recipient by gender and the degree by the levels given above. (Round your answers to four decimal places.)

(b) If you choose a degree recipient at random, what is the probability that the person you choose is a woman? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
  

(c) What is the conditional probability that you choose a woman, given that the person chosen received a professional degree? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
  

(d) Are the events "choose a woman" and "choose a professional degree recipient" independent? How do you know?

Yes, because the two probabilities in (b) and (c) are equal.Yes, because the two probabilities in (b) and (c) are not equal.    No, because the two probabilities in (b) and (c) are equal.No, because the two probabilities in (b) and (c) are not equal.

Bachelor's Master's Professional Doctorate Female 776 348 44 18 Male 588 192 46 24

Explanation / Answer

dividing each cell by total 2036 ; below is joint probability distribution:

b)

probability that the person you choose is a woman =1186/2036 =0.5825

c) conditional probability that you choose a woman, given that the person chosen received a professional degree

=44/90 =0.4889

d)

No, because the two probabilities in (b) and (c) are not equal.

Bachelor's Master's Professional Doctorate Female 0.3811 0.1709 0.0216 0.0088 Male 0.2888 0.0943 0.0226 0.0118

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