Problem 1.27 on page 14 describes a survey of 62 undergraduate students (see the file UndergradSurvey). For

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Problem 1.27 on page 14 describes a survey of 62 undergraduate students (see the file UndergradSurvey). For these data, construct contingency tables of gender and major, gender and graduate school intention, gender and employment status, gender and computer preference, class and graduate school intention, class and employment status, major and graduate school intention, major and employment status, and major and computer preference.
a. For each of these contingency tables, compute all the conditional and marginal probabilities.
b. Based on (a), what conclusions can you reach about whether these variables are independent?
In problem
1. What is your gender? Female ______ Male ______
2. What is your age (as of last birthday)? ______
3. What is your current registered class designation?
Freshman ______ Sophomore ______ Junior ______ Senior ______
4. What is your major area of study?
Accounting ______ Computer Information Systems ______ Economics/ Finance ______ International Business ______ Management ______ Retailing/Marketing ______ Other ______ Undecided ______
5. At the present time, do you plan to attend graduate school?
Yes ______ No ______ Not sure ______
6. What is your current cumulative grade point average? ______
7. What is your current employment status?
Full time ______ Part time ______ Unemployed ______
8. What would you expect your starting annual salary (in $000) to be if you were to seek full-time employment immediately after obtaining your bachelor's degree? ______
9. For how many social networking sites are you registered? ______
10. How satisfied are you with the food and dining services on campus? ______
Problem 1.27 on page 14 describes a survey of 62

11. About how much money did you spend this semester for textbooks and supplies? ______
12. What type of computer do you prefer to use for your studies?
Desktop ______ Laptop ______
Tablet/notebook/netbook ______
13. How many text messages do you send in a typical week? ______
14. How much wealth (income, savings, investment, real estate, and other assets) would you have to accumulate (in millions of dollars) before you would say you are rich? ______
a. Which variables in the survey are categorical?
b. Which variables in the survey are numerical?
c. Which variables are discrete numerical variables?
The results of the survey are stored in UndergradSurvey

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Basic Business Statistics Concepts And Applications

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