Question: The following table comes from Does It Pay to Plead Guilty?Differential Sentencing and the Functioning of the Criminal Courts by Brereton and Casper, Law and

The following table comes from "Does It Pay to Plead Guilty?Differential Sentencing and the Functioning of the Criminal Courts" by Brereton and Casper,Law and Society Review, Vol. 16, No. 1.

Plea of Guilty Plea of Not Guilty Total

Sentenced to Prison 392 58 450

Not Sentenced to Prison 564 14 578

Total 956 72 1028

1.If a person is randomly selected from the group, find the probability that the person was sentenced to prison.

2.What is the probability of a person being sentenced to prison, given that the defendant entered a plea of guilty?

3.If one of the subjects is randomly selected, find the probability of selecting someone who was sentenced to prison or entered a plea of guilty.

4.If twodifferentstudy subjects (i.e. defendants) are randomly selected, find the probability that they were both sentenced to prison.

5.If one of the subjects is randomly selected, find the probability of selecting someone who was sentenced to prison and entered a guilty plea.

6.What is the probability that someone was sentenced to prison, given that they were not sentenced to prison?

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