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The National Survey of Adolescent Health interviewed several thousand teens (grades 7 to 12). One question asked was "What do you think are the chances you will be married in the next ten years?" Here is a two-way table of the responses by gender: Your percent from the previous exercise is part of-

(a) the marginal distribution of gender.

(b) the marginal distribution of opinion about marriage.

(c) the conditional distribution of gender among adolescents with a given opinion.

(d) the conditional distribution of opinion among adolescents of a given gender.

(e) the conditional distribution of 鈥淎lmost certain鈥� among females.

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The correct option is (e) the conditional distribution of "Almost certain" among females.

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Given information

The given picture displays the responses by gender


FemaleMale
Almost no chance119103
Some chance150171
A 50-50 chance447512
A good chance735710
Almost certain1174756
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Concept

There is a real-world scenario for a statistical problem. The four processes of state, plan, do, and conclusions can be used to organize a variety of situations.

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Explanation


FM


No.PercentageNo.Percentage
Almost no chance119119/2625=4.53%103103/2252=4.57%
Some chance, but probably not150150/2625=5.71%171171/2252=7.59%
A 50-50 chance447447/2625=17.03%512512/2252=22.74%
A good chance735735/2625=28.00%710710/2252=31.53%
Almost certain11741174/2625=44.72%756756/2252=33.57%
Total2625100%2252100%
Percentage2625/4877=53.82%
2252/4877=46.18%

The percentage is a portion of the conditional distribution of females who are "almost certain."

As a result, the correct option is (e).

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