Question: In the article A Functional Analysis Comparison ofWeb-Only Advertisements and Traditional Television Advertisements from the 2004 and 2008 Presidential Campaigns (Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly,

In the article "A Functional Analysis Comparison ofWeb-Only Advertisements and Traditional Television Advertisements from the 2004 and 2008 Presidential Campaigns" (Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 90, No. 1, pp. 23-38), author C. Roberts explores whether a difference exists in purpose and content of web-only ads and television ads created by candidates in presidential campaigns. The following contingency table cross-classifies a sample of such advertisements by purpose and source. The purpose of the ad is classified as "acclaim" if the candidate acclaims himself/herself with positive statements about his/her credentials to be a better candidate. The purpose of the ad is classified as "attack" if the candidate attacks the opponent's credentials or defends with refutations against the opponent's attack.
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a. Find P(S2).
b. Find P(S2 & P1).
c. Obtain P(P1 | S2) directly from the table.
d. Obtain P(P1 | S2) by using the conditional probability rule and your answers from parts (a) and (b).

Purpose Acclaim Attack Pi Pg | Total Web-only ad 20 42 62 Television ad 332 176 508 Total 352 218 570

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