The two-way table summarizes data from the human resource department at a university:
New Hires
What is the probability (rounded to three decimal places)that a tenure-track new hire is female?
A)0.434
B)0.400
C)0.444
D)0
E)0.193

Question

The two-way table summarizes data from the human resource department at a university:
New Hires 
What is the probability (rounded to three decimal places)that a tenure-track new hire is female?
A)0.434 
B)0.400 
C)0.444 
D)0 
E)0.193

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To find the probability of a tenure-track new hire being female, we need to look at the row that represents tenure-track hires and the column that represents female hires.

We can see that there are a total of 27 tenure-track hires, and out of those 27, 12 are female.

So, the probability of a tenure-track new hire being female is:

P(female | tenure-track) = 12/27 = 0.444 (rounded to three decimal places)

Therefore, the best choice is C.

The Two-Way Table Summarizes Data from the Human Resource Department