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ou are investigating the relationship between the ages of U.S. adults and what a

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Question

ou are investigating the relationship between the ages of U.S. adults and what aspect of career development ey consider to be the most important. You randomly collect the data shown in the table. Learning new skills Pay increases Career path 21 18-26 years 27-41 years 41-61 years 31 27 19 31 14 You randomly select a surveyed individual. Find the probability that (a) the person is in 18-26 years age group or says learning new skills is the most valuable. (b) the person considered pay increases as the most important and is 41 years old or less. (c) the person considered learning new skills as the most important given that he or she is 18-26 years old. d) Can are any of these events be considered unusual?

Explanation / Answer

from above:

a) probability =(31+22+21+27+19)/206 =0.5825

b)probability =(22+31)/206=0.2573

c)probability =31/74 =0.4189

d)No as all events have probability greater than 0.05 level ; therefore no events is unusal

learning new skill pay increase career path total 18-26 31 22 21 74 27-41 27 31 33 91 41-61 19 14 8 41 total 77 67 62 206