A sample of respondents was asked their opinions of the death penalty for convicted murderers and of mercy killing for the terminally ill. The responses are given in the following cross-tabulation:

a. Why is there no independent or dependent variable?
b. Compute total percents for the cross-tabulation.
c. What percent of the sample favors the use of the death penalty?
d. What percent of the sample favors mercy killing?
e. What percent of the sample favors both types of killing?
f. What percent of the sample opposes both types of killing?
g. What percent of the sample favors one type of killing but not the other?
h. What can be concluded about the relationship between the variables?

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Death Penalty Mercy Killing Favor Oppose Total Favor Oppose 63 70 133 29 18 47 92 Total 180