The following table describes the opinions of the 570 people who returned a residential life services questionnaire to researchers at a small university. Students were classified by class (freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior) and by their opinion of campus residence quality (high quality, medium quality, or low quality). Which marginal or conditional distribution would you use to determine the percent of the students who feel campus residences are of high quality that are seniors?

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The following table describes the opinions of the 570 people who returned a residential life services questionnaire to researchers at a small university. Students were classified by class (freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior) and by their opinion of campus residence quality (high quality, medium quality, or low quality).  Which marginal or conditional distribution would you use to determine the percent of the students who feel campus residences are of high quality that are seniors?

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To determine the percent of students who feel campus residences are of high quality that are seniors, we need to look at the subset of students who feel campus residences are of high quality and then determine the proportion of those students who are seniors. This is a conditional distribution of class, given that opinion of residence quality is high. Therefore, the correct choice is C.

The Following Table Describes the Opinions of the 570 People