according to a recent report 60% of us college graduates cannot find a full time

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according to a recent report 60% of us college graduates cannot find a full time job in their chosen profession. assume 73% of the college gradautes who cannot find a job are female and that 26% of the college graduates who can find a job are female. given a male college graduate, find the probability he cannot find a fulltime job in his chosen profession? according to a recent report 60% of us college graduates cannot find a full time job in their chosen profession. assume 73% of the college gradautes who cannot find a job are female and that 26% of the college graduates who can find a job are female. given a male college graduate, find the probability he cannot find a fulltime job in his chosen profession?

Explanation / Answer

Required prabability

= p [cannot find full time job] and person is male] / p [male]

= 0.6 * 0.29 / 0.458

= 0.38

male female marginal[row] cannot 16.2 43.8 60 can 29.6 10.4 40 marginal[column] 45.8 54.2 100

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