Question: Organizations interested in making sure that accused persons have a trial of their peers often compare the distribution of jurors by age, education, and other

Organizations interested in making sure that accused persons have a trial of their peers often compare the distribution of jurors by age, education, and other socioeconomic variables. One such study in a large southern county provided the following information on the ages of 1,000 jurors and the age distribution countywide.

Organizations interested in making sure that accused persons have a

a. Display the above data using appropriate graphs.
b. Is this significant evidence of a difference between the age distribution of jurors and the countywide age distribution?
c.
Does there appear to be an age bias in the selection of jurors?

Age Total 51-60 158 15.7 Over 60 212 19.3 41-50 21-40 399 42.1 1,000 100 Number of jurors Age 90 countywide 22.9

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