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Chapter 4: Q 117. (page 270)

Animal testing (1.1) “It is right to use animals for medical testing if it might save human lives.” The

General Social Survey asked 1152 adults to react to this statement. Here is the two-way table of their responses:

How do the distributions of opinion differ between men and women? Give appropriate graphical and numerical evidence to support your answer.

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More men seem to strongly agree, while more women seem to strongly disagree.

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Given information

It is debated whether using animals for medical testing is ethical if it could save human lives.

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Concept

Individuals are purposely subjected to a treatment in order to measure their responses in an experiment.

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Explanation

The question is whether it is ethical to employ animals in medical research if it could save human lives. As a result, the difference in opinion distribution between men and women may be seen in the histogram of the data obtained as:

As a result, we can see from the histogram that the distribution of men and women is quite comparable. Also, more men appear to strongly agree, whilst more women appear to strongly disagree.

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