Chapter 1: Q 30. (page 25)

The National Survey of Adolescent Health interviewed several thousand teens (grades 7 to 12). One question asked was "What do you think are the chances you will be married in the next ten years?" Here is a two-way table of the responses by gender: Your percent from the previous exercise is part of-
(a) the marginal distribution of gender.
(b) the marginal distribution of opinion about marriage.
(c) the conditional distribution of gender among adolescents with a given opinion.
(d) the conditional distribution of opinion among adolescents of a given gender.
(e) the conditional distribution of “Almost certain” among females.

Short Answer

Expert verified

The correct option is (e) the conditional distribution of "Almost certain" among females.

Step by step solution

Given information

The given picture displays the responses by gender

	Female	Male
Almost no chance	119	103
Some chance	150	171
A 50-50 chance	447	512
A good chance	735	710
Almost certain	1174	756

Concept

There is a real-world scenario for a statistical problem. The four processes of state, plan, do, and conclusions can be used to organize a variety of situations.

Explanation

	F	M
	No.	Percentage	No.	Percentage
Almost no chance	119	119/2625=4.53%	103	103/2252=4.57%
Some chance, but probably not	150	150/2625=5.71%	171	171/2252=7.59%
A 50-50 chance	447	447/2625=17.03%	512	512/2252=22.74%
A good chance	735	735/2625=28.00%	710	710/2252=31.53%
Almost certain	1174	1174/2625=44.72%	756	756/2252=33.57%
Total	2625	100%	2252	100%
Percentage	2625/4877=53.82%		2252/4877=46.18%