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1) Just how accurate are the weather forecasts we hear every? day? The table com

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Question

1) Just how accurate are the weather forecasts we hear every? day? The table compares the daily forecast with a?city's actual weather for a year.??

On what percent of days did it actually? rain? ?(Round to one decimal place as? needed.)

Actual

Forecast

Rain

No Rain

Rain

28

66

No Rain

6

265

2) A study examined 631 people to see if there was an increased risk of contracting a certain infection associated with having a tattoo. If the subject had a? tattoo, researchers asked whether it had been done in a commercial tattoo parlor or elsewhere. Write a brief description of the association between tattooing and? infection, including an appropriate graphical display.

Tattoo Done in

Commercial Parlor

Tattoo Done

Elsewhere

No Tattoo

Infected

104

108

102

Not Infected

107

101

109

A ___________(1) percent contingency table best shows if there is an association between tattooing and infection. Since the percents are ___________(2), the study ___________(3), evidence of an association.

Decide which word best fits the blank:

(1) column / total / row

(2) different / about the same

(3) provides/ does not provide

1) Just how accurate are the weather forecasts we hear every? day? The table compares the daily forecast with a?city's actual weather for a year.??

On what percent of days did it actually? rain? ?(Round to one decimal place as? needed.)

Actual

Forecast

Rain

No Rain

Rain

28

66

No Rain

6

265

Explanation / Answer

A column percent contingency table best shows if there is an association between tattooing and infection. Since the percents are  about the same  the study does not provide evidence of an association.