QUESTION 4 A group of participants was surveyed and the information collected sh

Question

QUESTION 4 A group of participants was surveyed and the information collected shown in the partially completed contingency table below regarding gender and attitudes on abortion. Firstly, calculate the missing values. Total Female lale Total Undecided 68 102 314 242 4 936 785 Now, using the completed contingency table, select the statements from the following list that are true. Note: a statement is true only if the value you calculated from the completed contingency table, when rounded to the same number of decimal places as in the statement, is the same as the value in the statement. The proportion of participants who were female and supported abortion was 50.3%. O The probability a participant was male or was undecided about the issue of abortion was 64.4% Gender and attitudes towards abortion are independent. D Given a participant supported abortion, the probability of being male was 50.3%

Explanation / Answer

ANswering only the first question as per Chegg policy-

U=624, Z=624+936=1560, Y=68+102=170, X = 1560-170-785= 605, W = 605-242=363, V =785-314= 471

Q4 )

a)Females who support abortion = 314/(314+242+68) = 314/624=0.503 . hence True

b)Male or undecided = (936+68)/1560 = 0.6435 Hence true

c) Males who support = 471/936= 0.5032.

Since almost same percentage of males and females support abortion, Hence gender and attitude towards abortion has no relation. hence true

d) P(Male/Support) = 471/785= 0.6 Hence, False.

Related Questions

Navigate

• Browse (All)
• Browse Q
• Subjects

---

---

Integrity-first tutoring: explanations and feedback only — we do not complete graded work. Learn more.