In 2012, 709 women and 586 men were asked how much confidence they had in Congress. The results of the survey are de- scribed by the multiple bar graph in Fig. 18.

a. Which gender of those surveyed tended to have more confidence in Congress? Explain.
b. What proportion of men surveyed did NOT have a great deal of confidence in Congress?
c. How many women had only some confidence in Congress?
d. From inspecting the multiple bar graph, a student concludes that 53% of all American men have hardly any confidence in Congress. What would you tell the student?
e. A student says that the same number of women as men had a great deal of confidence in Congress because the relative frequency for each gender is 0.07. What would you tell the student?

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Levels of Confidence in Congress 0.60 0.40 0.20 0.51 0.53 0.40 0.43 0.07 0.07 A great dealOnly some Hardly any Level of confidence □Women □Men