Question: A survey of 156 introductory statistics students
A survey of 156 introductory statistics students showed the following contingency table. Find each event probability.
a. P(D)
b. P(R)
c. P(D > R)
d. P(D ∪ R)
e. P(R | D)
f. P(R | P)
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Living Where? Newspaper Read Dorm (D) Parents (P) Apt (A) Row Total Never (N) 13 6 6 25 Occasionally (0) 58 30 21 109 Regularly (R) 8. 7 7. 22 Column Total 79 43 34 156
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