firstborn AND a nursing student
I will rate and comment, please answer all questions below A survey of students in a…
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A survey of students in a large intro to Statistics class asked about their birth order (1 = oldest or only child) and which course of study at the university they were enrolled in. Suppose we select a student at random from this class.
1 or Only | 2 or more | Total | |
English | 37 | 23 | 60 |
Science and Engineering | 52 | 41 | 93 |
Nursing | 29 | 21 | 50 |
Other | 12 | 18 | 30 |
Total | 130 | 103 | 233 |
What is the probability that the student is (please give the faction and the decimal rounded to 3 decimal places)
a. a first-born student?
b. firstborn AND a nursing student?
c. firstborn OR a nursing student?
d. Given that a student is first born, what is the probability that they are a nursing student?
e. Are course of study and birth order independent events? Explain using the independence formula