Question 1

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February 12, 2009 marked the 200 S1U1P1thS1S1P0 anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. To celebrate, Gallup, a national polling organization, surveyed 1,018 Americans about their education level and their beliefs about the theory of evolution. The survey results are displayed in the provided two-way table.
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-What proportion of respondents have a college degree? Round your answer to three decimal places.

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0.224

Question 2

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February 12, 2009 marked the 200 S1U1P1thS1S1P0 anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. To celebrate, Gallup, a national polling organization, surveyed 1,018 Americans about their education level and their beliefs about the theory of evolution. The survey results are displayed in the provided two-way table.
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-What proportion of respondents have no opinion on the theory of evolution? Round your answer to two decimal places.

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0.36

Question 3

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February 12, 2009 marked the 200 S1U1P1thS1S1P0 anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. To celebrate, Gallup, a national polling organization, surveyed 1,018 Americans about their education level and their beliefs about the theory of evolution. The survey results are displayed in the provided two-way table.
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-What proportion of non-believers have a high school education or less? Use four decimal places in your answer.

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0.4055

Question 4

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February 12, 2009 marked the 200 S1U1P1thS1S1P0 anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. To celebrate, Gallup, a national polling organization, surveyed 1,018 Americans about their education level and their beliefs about the theory of evolution. The survey results are displayed in the provided two-way table.
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-What proportion of college graduates believe in the theory of evolution? Use four decimal places in your answer.

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Question 5

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February 12, 2009 marked the 200 S1U1P1thS1S1P0 anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. To celebrate, Gallup, a national polling organization, surveyed 1,018 Americans about their education level and their beliefs about the theory of evolution. The survey results are displayed in the provided two-way table.
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-Find the proportion of respondents who believe in evolution for each education level (round each to three decimal places). Does there seem to be an association between education level and belief in evolution? If so, in what direction?

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Question 6

The survey results are displayed in the segmented bar chart. Does there appear to be an association between education level and belief in the theory of evolution? If so, what does it mean about these two variables?
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Question 7

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-A Fun-Size bag of M&M's contains 4 green, 4 red, 3 yellow, 4 orange, 4 blue, and 3 brown candies.
What proportion of the M&M's are green? Use four decimal places in your answer.

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Question 8

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-A Fun-Size bag of M&M's contains 5 green, 4 red, 4 yellow, 3 orange, 4 blue, and 4 brown candies.
What proportion of the candies are yellow or orange? Use four decimal places in your answer.

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Question 9

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-A Fun-Size bag of M&M's contains 5 green, 3 red, 3 yellow, 3 orange, 4 blue, and 3 brown candies.
Sketch a bar chart of the data.

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Question 10

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-A Fun-Size bag of M&M's contains 4 green, 2 red, 4 yellow, 3 orange, 6 blue, and 1 brown candies.
Construct a relative frequency table of the results. Use two decimal places in your relative frequencies.

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Question 11

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In a survey conducted by the Gallup organization September 6-9, 2012, 1,017 adults were asked, "In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media-such as newspapers, TV, and radio-when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly?" 81 said that they had a "great deal" of confidence, 325 said they had a "fair amount" of confidence, 397 said they had "not very much" confidence, and 214 said they had "no confidence at all."
-Display the results in a frequency table.

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Question 12

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In a survey conducted by the Gallup organization September 6-9, 2012, 1,017 adults were asked, "In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media-such as newspapers, TV, and radio-when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly?" 81 said that they had a "great deal" of confidence, 325 said they had a "fair amount" of confidence, 397 said they had "not very much" confidence, and 214 said they had "no confidence at all."
-Sketch a bar chart of the data.

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Question 13

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In a survey conducted by the Gallup organization September 6-9, 2012, 1,017 adults were asked, "In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media-such as newspapers, TV, and radio-when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly?" 81 said that they had a "great deal" of confidence, 325 said they had a "fair amount" of confidence, 397 said they had "not very much" confidence, and 214 said they had "no confidence at all."
-Give a relative frequency table of the data. Use two decimal places in your relative frequencies.

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Question 14

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In a survey conducted by the Gallup organization September 6-9, 2012, 1,017 adults were asked, "In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media-such as newspapers, TV, and radio-when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly?" 81 said that they had a "great deal" of confidence, 325 said they had a "fair amount" of confidence, 397 said they had "not very much" confidence, and 214 said they had "no confidence at all."
-What proportion of respondents have a great deal of confidence in the media? Use two decimal places in your answer.

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Question 15

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In a survey conducted by the Gallup organization September 6-9, 2012, 1,017 adults were asked, "In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media-such as newspapers, TV, and radio-when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly?" 81 said that they had a "great deal" of confidence, 325 said they had a "fair amount" of confidence, 397 said they had "not very much" confidence, and 214 said they had "no confidence at all."
-What proportion of respondents have a negative opinion (not very much confidence/none at all) about the mass media? Use two decimal places in your answer.

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Question 16

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In a survey conducted by the Gallup organization September 6-9, 2012, 1,017 adults were asked, "In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media-such as newspapers, TV, and radio-when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly?" 81 said that they had a "great deal" of confidence, 325 said they had a "fair amount" of confidence, 397 said they had "not very much" confidence, and 214 said they had "no confidence at all."
-In the article, they discuss the association between political party and opinion about the media ("positive" = great deal/fair amount of confidence and "negative" = not very much confidence/none at all). The results, as percentages, are displayed in the side-by-side bar charts. Describe the association between political party and opinion about the media. Use the bar chart to estimate the proportion of individuals with positive opinions about the media for each political party.
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Question 17

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In a survey conducted by the Gallup organization September 6-9, 2012, 1,017 adults were asked, "In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media-such as newspapers, TV, and radio-when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly?" 81 said that they had a "great deal" of confidence, 325 said they had a "fair amount" of confidence, 397 said they had "not very much" confidence, and 214 said they had "no confidence at all."
-In the same article, they compare opinions about the media in 2012 to those in the previous election year (2008). In 2008, 60% of Democrats, 27% of Republicans, and 41% of Independents had positive opinions (great deal/fair amount of confidence) about the media. For each political party, find the difference in the proportion of positive opinions in 2008 and the proportion of positive opinions in 2012. Comment on if/how opinions have changed for the political parties over the past four years.

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Question 18

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In a recent survey, Gallup asked a sample of U.S. adults if they would prefer to have a job outside the home, or if they would prefer to stay home to care for the family and home. Partial results for the individuals who expressed a preference, broken down by gender, are displayed in the two-way table.
 
-Find the number of males who would prefer to stay at home.

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504 - 391 = 113 or 332 - 219 = 113

Question 19

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In a recent survey, Gallup asked a sample of U.S. adults if they would prefer to have a job outside the home, or if they would prefer to stay home to care for the family and home. Partial results for the individuals who expressed a preference, broken down by gender, are displayed in the two-way table.
 
-What proportion of respondents would prefer to stay at home? Round your answer to two decimal places.

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Question 20

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In a recent survey, Gallup asked a sample of U.S. adults if they would prefer to have a job outside the home, or if they would prefer to stay home to care for the family and home. Partial results for the individuals who expressed a preference, broken down by gender, are displayed in the two-way table.
 
-Compute the difference in the proportion of men who would prefer a job outside of the home and the proportion of females who would prefer a job outside of the home. Use two decimal places in your answer.

Accepted Answer

11eeb2d3_8e21_fe88_b9aa_6bb8edbdd899_TBW1049_11 - 11eeb2d3_8e21_fe89_b9aa_5da6d6bb39f6_TBW1049_11 = 0.78 - 0.54 = 0.24

Quiz 2: Describing Data

The survey results are displayed in the segmented bar chart. Does there appear to be an association between education level and belief in the theory of evolution? If so, what does it mean about these two variables? ‪

Use the statement to answer the following questions below. -A Fun-Size bag of M&M's contains 4 green, 4 red, 3 yellow, 4 orange, 4 blue, and 3 brown candies. What proportion of the M&M's are green? Use four decimal places in your answer.

Use the statement to answer the following questions below. -A Fun-Size bag of M&M's contains 5 green, 4 red, 4 yellow, 3 orange, 4 blue, and 4 brown candies. What proportion of the candies are yellow or orange? Use four decimal places in your answer.

Use the statement to answer the following questions below. -A Fun-Size bag of M&M's contains 5 green, 3 red, 3 yellow, 3 orange, 4 blue, and 3 brown candies. Sketch a bar chart of the data.

Use the statement to answer the following questions below. -A Fun-Size bag of M&M's contains 4 green, 2 red, 4 yellow, 3 orange, 6 blue, and 1 brown candies. Construct a relative frequency table of the results. Use two decimal places in your relative frequencies.