Shortly before the 2012presidential election, a survey was taken by the school newspaper at a very large state university. Randomly selected students were asked, “Whom do you plan to vote for in the upcoming presidential election?” Here is a two-way table of the responses by political persuasion for 1850students:

Candidate of

choice


Political persuasion

Democrat
Republican
Independent
Total
Obama
925
78
26
1029
Romney
78
598
19
695
Other
2
8
11
21
Undecided
32
28
45
105
Total
1037
712
101
1850

Which of the following statements about these data is true?

a. The percent of Republicans among the respondents is 41%.

b. The marginal relative frequencies for the variable choice of candidate are given by

Obama: 55.6%; Romney: 37.6%; Other: 1.1%; Undecided: 5.7%.

c. About 11.2%of Democrats reported that they planned to vote for Romney.

d. About 44.6%of those who are undecided are Independents.

e. The distribution of political persuasion among those for whom Romney is the

candidate of choice is Democrat: 7.5%; Republican: 84.0%; Independent: 18.8%.

Short Answer

Expert verified

Option (b) is correct :

The marginal relative frequencies for the variable choice of candidate are given by

Obama: 55.6%; Romney: 37.6%; Other:1.1% ; Undecided: 5.7%.

Step by step solution

01

Given Information

We are given following table:

Candidate of

choice


Political persuasion

Democrat
Republican
Independent
Total
Obama
925
7826
1029
Romney
78
598
19
695
Other
2
811
21
Undecided
32
28
45
105
Total
1037
712
101
1850

We need to find correct alternative corresponding to given data.

02

Explanation

Formula for percentage = valuetotalvalue×100

Percentage of students who voted Republican = 7121850×100=38%

So, option (a) is incorrect

The marginal relative frequencies for the variable choice of candidate are given by

Obama = 10291850×100=55.6% ; Romney = 6951850×100=37.56%


Other = localid="1654225534579" 211850×100=1.1%; Undecided = localid="1654225615414" 1051850×100=5.7%

So, option (b) is correct.

localid="1654225660667" Percentage of democrats planned to vote for Romney = localid="1654225544682" 781037×100=7.5%

So, option (c) is incorrect.

localid="1654225663739" Percentage of who are undecided are Independents = localid="1654225550676" 45106×100=42.4%

So, option (d) is incorrect.

localid="1654225648597" Percentage distribution of political persuasion among those for whom Romney =

Democrats supporting Romney = localid="1654225556232" 781037×100=7.5%

Republican supporting Romney = localid="1654225561219" 512598×100=85.6%

So , option (e) is incorrect.

Hence, option (b) is the only correct option.

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