Voters participating in a recent election exit poll in a Queensland electorate were asked to state their political party affiliation as well as their gender. Coding the data 1 for Coalition, 2 for minor parties and 3 for Labor, and F for female, M for male. $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | }
\hline 3 \mathrm { M } & 1 \mathrm {~F} & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & 1 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & 3 \mathrm {~F} & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 1 \mathrm {~F} \
\hline 3 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 1 \mathrm { M } & 1 \mathrm { M } & 3 \mathrm { M } & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & 1 \mathrm { M } \
\hline 3 \mathrm { M } & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm {~F} & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 1 \mathrm {~F} & 1 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & & \
\hline
\end{array}$$ a. Create a cross classification table of gender by political affiliation.
b. Create a component bar chart, for each gender.
c. Interpret your component bar chart by gender.

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Voters participating in a recent election exit poll in a Queensland electorate were asked to state their political party affiliation as well as their gender. Coding the data 1 for Coalition, 2 for minor parties and 3 for Labor, and F for female, M for male. $$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | } 
\hline 3 \mathrm { M } & 1 \mathrm {~F} & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & 1 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & 3 \mathrm {~F} & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 1 \mathrm {~F} \
\hline 3 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 1 \mathrm { M } & 1 \mathrm { M } & 3 \mathrm { M } & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & 1 \mathrm { M } \
\hline 3 \mathrm { M } & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm {~F} & 2 \mathrm {~F} & 1 \mathrm {~F} & 1 \mathrm {~F} & 3 \mathrm { M } & & \
\hline
\end{array}$$ a. Create a cross classification table of gender by political affiliation.
b. Create a component bar chart, for each gender.
c. Interpret your component bar chart by gender.

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The Answer is a.

\begin{array}{l}& ext { Gender }\ ext {Political affiliation }&\begin{array}{|l|r|r|r|}\hline & ext { F } & ext { M } & { ext { Total }} \\hline ext { Coalition } & 5 & 3 & 8 \\hline ext { Minor } & 6 & 0 & 6 \\hline ext { Labour } & 3 & 8 & 11 \\hline & 14 & 11 & 25 \\hline\end{array}\end{array}

b.
Component bar chart of gender, separated into political affiliation. $a. \begin{array}{l} & ext { Gender }\ ext {Political affiliation }&\begin{array}{|l|r|r|r|} \hline & ext { F } & ext { M } & { ext { Total }} \ \hline ext { Coalition } & 5 & 3 & 8 \ \hline ext { Minor } & 6 & 0 & 6 \ \hline ext { Labour } & 3 & 8 & 11 \ \hline & 14 & 11 & 25 \ \hline \end{array} \end{array} b. Component bar chart of gender, separated into political affiliation. c. In this sample, females have a greater spread of political affilation between labour, coalition and the minor parties, with the minor parties having a slight majority. Whereas, males in this sample had a higher political affilation with Labour and none with the minor parties.$ c. In this sample, females have a greater spread of political affilation between labour, coalition and the minor parties, with the minor parties having a slight majority. Whereas, males in this sample had a higher political affilation with Labour and none with the minor parties.

Voters Participating in a Recent Election Exit Poll in a Queensland